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The case here is wether or not she should have posted a public twitter message and picture of the two guys offending her (and women in general). Imho she should

The case here is wether or not she should have posted a public twitter message and picture of the two guys offending her (and women in general). Imho she shouldn't have done that, it was wrong and she should apologise for it. The fact that the guy got fired is another mater. Since the conference organisation kicked them out during the conference he would have had to explain his actions to his employer anyway (who probably paid for the conference) and held accountable for it. Wether or not that resulted in him getting fired is up to his employer. But ... Adria's actions made it a public discussion which directly affected Playhaven's reputation and thus made the mater far worse for all parties involved. That's on Adria.

scotty79 14y ago
Guys: Haha! Dongle! Haha! Adria (of thousands friends and iPhone): Those guys are not cool! PyCon: Let's resolve the matter. Guys, apologize! That's good! Now let's continue. Playhaven: Huh? Somebody mentioned us? That's bad! Our reputation is at stake! Let's trash it thoroughly by firing father of three for something he said! I'm probably lacking proper sensitivity but for me it's obvious when it got all messed up. It's when the exchange of information unnecessarily triggered harsh physical action.
- masklinn 14y ago
  Note that playhaven has broken out a blog post, though as far as I can see it does not explain anything and provides no information beyond what is already known: http://blog.playhaven.com/addressing-pycon/ http://blog.playhaven.com/addressing-pycon/
risratorn 14y ago
I probably should stand corrected because pycon did not remove the offenders from the conference [1] but settled it between all parties involved. That actually makes maters worse tbh because if Adria hadn't posted their image on twitter for her 9000+ followers to see, it would have remained an issue settled between pycon, adria and these guys. Now the case is closed for Adria and pycon while the guys are far worse off with one of them being fired. Not good! [1] http://pycon.blogspot.be/2013/03/pycon-response-to-inappropriate.html http://pycon.blogspot.be/2013/03/pycon-response-to-inappropr...
- scotty79 14y ago
  I don't think the thing is done for Adria. By the fact that this thing was blown out of proportion by Playhaven she had accidentally got painted a troll target on her back that draws attention even from half baked misogynist trolls. I think that in a month the guy that got fired will be better off than any other party involved. For one he might be employed by a company that won't shed him off like a hot potato whenever spotlight will shine in their direction.

scotty79 14y ago

Guys: Haha! Dongle! Haha! Adria (of thousands friends and iPhone): Those guys are not cool! PyCon: Let's resolve the matter. Guys, apologize! That's good! Now let's continue. Playhaven: Huh? Somebody mentioned us? That's bad! Our reputation is at stake! Let's trash it thoroughly by firing father of three for something he said! I'm probably lacking proper sensitivity but for me it's obvious when it got all messed up. It's when the exchange of information unnecessarily triggered harsh physical action.

masklinn 14y ago
Note that playhaven has broken out a blog post, though as far as I can see it does not explain anything and provides no information beyond what is already known: http://blog.playhaven.com/addressing-pycon/ http://blog.playhaven.com/addressing-pycon/

risratorn 14y ago

I probably should stand corrected because pycon did not remove the offenders from the conference [1] but settled it between all parties involved. That actually makes maters worse tbh because if Adria hadn't posted their image on twitter for her 9000+ followers to see, it would have remained an issue settled between pycon, adria and these guys. Now the case is closed for Adria and pycon while the guys are far worse off with one of them being fired. Not good! [1] http://pycon.blogspot.be/2013/03/pycon-response-to-inappropriate.html http://pycon.blogspot.be/2013/03/pycon-response-to-inappropr...

scotty79 14y ago
I don't think the thing is done for Adria. By the fact that this thing was blown out of proportion by Playhaven she had accidentally got painted a troll target on her back that draws attention even from half baked misogynist trolls. I think that in a month the guy that got fired will be better off than any other party involved. For one he might be employed by a company that won't shed him off like a hot potato whenever spotlight will shine in their direction.