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> And Adria had the right to tweet. Adria as an individual, yes. Adria as a developer evangelist? No. Her role is to speak for the company, and no company shou

> And Adria had the right to tweet. Adria as an individual, yes. Adria as a developer evangelist? No. Her role is to speak for the company, and no company should resort to public shaming and cyber bullying.

niggler 14y ago
Was she tweeting from a personal or company account?
- blhack 14y ago
  From her account associated with sendgrid: https://twitter.com/adriarichards https://twitter.com/adriarichards
  - niggler 14y ago
    She says she works for SendGrid but I thought people usually use a separate corporate twitter account (or set up a different one for those issues)
    - jkrems 14y ago
      One of the minor side-problems in this story: social media blurs the line between "personal" and "professional"/"company" communication. If you use your twitter account to network with people working at other companies, in your role as a developer evangelist, your personal account somehow turns partly into a company account. Side note: She also tweeted "SendGrid supports me", which is a direct claim that her behavior is in line with company policy.
- WalterSear 14y ago
  The same one she sent this joke about sexual humiliation from: https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/312265091791847425 https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/312265091791847425 And the company she was envangelising for on that twitter feed thinks that a visual joke about photocopying your genitals is not inappropriate for their jobs pages: http://i.imgur.com/uWc8P39.png http://i.imgur.com/uWc8P39.png I understand that speaker and context make all the difference, but she made a joke about sexual humiliation, and then, at the same conference, got offended by a joke comparing dongles to genitals.
  - niggler 14y ago
    I was responding to "Her role is to speak for the company" But yes, you do point out something strange about her tweets. Unfortunately, many people approach this issue with a double standard
    - WalterSear 14y ago
      She was using her personal twitter account as an extension of her job, which does make her comments 'speaking for the company'. It's part of the role of a tech evangelist. If she was not comfortable with this, she should have maintained a greater separation between her professional and personal online behaviour.

niggler 14y ago

Was she tweeting from a personal or company account?

blhack 14y ago
From her account associated with sendgrid: https://twitter.com/adriarichards https://twitter.com/adriarichards
- niggler 14y ago
  She says she works for SendGrid but I thought people usually use a separate corporate twitter account (or set up a different one for those issues)
  - jkrems 14y ago
    One of the minor side-problems in this story: social media blurs the line between "personal" and "professional"/"company" communication. If you use your twitter account to network with people working at other companies, in your role as a developer evangelist, your personal account somehow turns partly into a company account. Side note: She also tweeted "SendGrid supports me", which is a direct claim that her behavior is in line with company policy.
WalterSear 14y ago
The same one she sent this joke about sexual humiliation from: https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/312265091791847425 https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/312265091791847425 And the company she was envangelising for on that twitter feed thinks that a visual joke about photocopying your genitals is not inappropriate for their jobs pages: http://i.imgur.com/uWc8P39.png http://i.imgur.com/uWc8P39.png I understand that speaker and context make all the difference, but she made a joke about sexual humiliation, and then, at the same conference, got offended by a joke comparing dongles to genitals.
- niggler 14y ago
  I was responding to "Her role is to speak for the company" But yes, you do point out something strange about her tweets. Unfortunately, many people approach this issue with a double standard
  - WalterSear 14y ago
    She was using her personal twitter account as an extension of her job, which does make her comments 'speaking for the company'. It's part of the role of a tech evangelist. If she was not comfortable with this, she should have maintained a greater separation between her professional and personal online behaviour.