This whole ordeal could have been avoided with some common sense. 1) In a professional setting, keep the conversation professional. 2) Don't publicly shame so

This whole ordeal could have been avoided with some common sense. 1) In a professional setting, keep the conversation professional. 2) Don't publicly shame someone, especially if they most likely didn't mean any offense. A tweet and a blog post that withheld names would have been much more effective and professional. 3) If you are a company, don't fire someone until all the facts came in. An internal investigation/reprimand would have been more than sufficient in both these cases. Due to these actions, I'm afraid that women will be less likely to talk about sexism online in fear of retribution. And I'm also afraid that those that do talk about sexism in the tech world will be met with skepticism just because of this one incident.