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Agreed. Why is the development community (this conference in specific) being held responsible for the acts of an individual who happens to reside within? This i

by Hytosys 14y ago

Agreed. Why is the development community (this conference in specific) being held responsible for the acts of an individual who happens to reside within? This is clearly something that should be taken care like an adult of outside of a private community. The story is a bummer, but the author's response to the situation is quite childish and this blog post seems somewhat irrelevant.

mtrimpe 14y ago
And the response from the organizer should have been very simple and straight-forward: Ask the person to leave the conference and ideally, if it still had to take place, canceling their talk as well. I doubt anything but praise would have resulted from that, even though the best outcome would be that it was kept private and became a little piece of background gossip floating around the Django-community.
- sneak 14y ago
  Sorry to go all patriarchy here, but the little Schneier on my shoulder just explained to me how to get anyone's talk cancelled at a conference that institutes this sort of policy. I'm not sure that's a workable fix, either. This is sort of a hard problem.
  - mtrimpe 14y ago
    Judging from the organizer's response there was little doubt concerning the validity of her claims in this case though. In other cases, pulling said person into a room, asking him if the claims are true and if so asking them to leave is already a big step forward.
    - sneak 14y ago
      It seems like you assume everyone to be honest.
wpietri 14y ago
I can't think of a community that doesn't act, to one extent or another, to regulate the behaviors of its members. If nothing else, to protect the integrity of the community. But often also in support of shared values. That's certainly true of tribes, towns, cities, and states. It's true of every virtual community I've used. It's even true of anarchic communities like Burning Man.

by Hytosys 14y ago

mtrimpe 14y ago

And the response from the organizer should have been very simple and straight-forward: Ask the person to leave the conference and ideally, if it still had to take place, canceling their talk as well. I doubt anything but praise would have resulted from that, even though the best outcome would be that it was kept private and became a little piece of background gossip floating around the Django-community.

sneak 14y ago
Sorry to go all patriarchy here, but the little Schneier on my shoulder just explained to me how to get anyone's talk cancelled at a conference that institutes this sort of policy. I'm not sure that's a workable fix, either. This is sort of a hard problem.
- mtrimpe 14y ago
  Judging from the organizer's response there was little doubt concerning the validity of her claims in this case though. In other cases, pulling said person into a room, asking him if the claims are true and if so asking them to leave is already a big step forward.
  - sneak 14y ago
    It seems like you assume everyone to be honest.

wpietri 14y ago

I can't think of a community that doesn't act, to one extent or another, to regulate the behaviors of its members. If nothing else, to protect the integrity of the community. But often also in support of shared values. That's certainly true of tribes, towns, cities, and states. It's true of every virtual community I've used. It's even true of anarchic communities like Burning Man.