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>I would feel really uncomfortable if I was in the same room as this person. What if I accidentally say something that she finds offensive? Am I next? Next to
by shardling 14y ago
>I would feel really uncomfortable if I was in the same room as this person. What if I accidentally say something that she finds offensive? Am I next?
Next to what? Adria didn't fire anyone...
- _ak 14y agoShamed publicly, slandered, etc.?
- ceol 14y agoBecause Adria is the only person who has the power to shame someone publicly? She's the only one with 9,000 twitter followers, she's the only one with a camera phone, and she's the only one who can upload photos to twitter? I find the concern of being in the same room as her incredibly stupid.
- doktrin 14y agoShe's someone with a history of senseless public shaming, and apparently a fair bit of grandstanding [1] You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but what's being discussed here isn't the ability to perform an action but the willingness to do so on a whim. [1] http://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/ http://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/
- katbyte 14y agoI don't have twitter, Facebook etc. Even if i did i doubt i would have that many followers because i don't find any appeal in it. I could not reach the audience she did. I do not have the power to easily shame someone publicly. I think that goes for most people. I would be concerned and i'm female. What if i disagree with her? Its not stupid, its cautious.
- ceol 14y agoAnyone can easily reach the same audience by creating a twitter account and tagging it with something popular. I'm sure there were plenty of people in that conference with way more followers. You should be more afraid at the veritable brigade of angry internet-goers who were stirred up to the point of DDoS'ing her ex-employer and harassing her. But no, focus on the woman who posted a single photograph on her twitter feed. I'm sure she's more dangerous.
- doktrin 14y ago> Next to what? Adria didn't fire anyone... Being slandered on Twitter is far from non-trivial. I too would walk on eggshells in the company of someone with a track record of over-reacting like this.
- scarmig 14y agoWho's being slandered, exactly? They did tell the sexist jokes, right?
- kanja 14y agoWrong. The joke was not sexist in any way - to call it so is a deliberate misrepresentation of the situation.
- shardling 14y agoThere are varying definitions of the word sexist that complicate the issue -- but here it doesn't matter! Because Adria didn't call them sexist, certainly not in the twitter or blog posts I've read. She just said it made her uncomfortable.
- doktrin 14y agoShe made allegations of harassment and alluded to gender issues. Most people accept that "sexism" was at issue here, and she herself doesn't dispute this. There's no sense in nitpicking on minor semantics.
- Permit 14y agoNext to have my picture posted on Twitter and blogged to thousands of people. Next to be told I'm sexist and I'm the reason women don't enter the technology field. Next to have my public shaming celebrated over a private remark I thought was tame. Next to be involved in an asymmetrical Twitter smear campaign I can't respond to because I don't command thousands of followers.
- Cy_ 14y agoYou're completely missing the point, her actions are what caused the person to be fired.
- xauronx 14y agoRegardless of her position, what happened in this case, etc. It's just miserable to be around someone with this kind of over-reactionary over-sensitive attitude. I know people like that and it's just not nice to be around. Despite having the most equal relationship possible, my girlfriend goes to get herself a drink and I say "Hey, can you grab me one too while you're in there?" and our 'friend' freaks out like it's sexist. Noooo thank you. I won't be hanging out with you anymore.