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> For the life of me cannot fathom why PlayHaven went to the extreme step of firing the dev in question. The appearance of bringing negative publicity to your
by mhurron 14y ago
> For the life of me cannot fathom why PlayHaven went to the extreme step of firing the dev in question.
The appearance of bringing negative publicity to your employer will often get you fired. Make the complaints sexual in nature and you can probably kiss that job good-bye, this is how society handles these things basically everywhere.
She brought negative publicity on her company, so she also risked her position.
> Looks like the male privilege extends to having the resources to perform DDoS.
Oh pull your head out of your ass. This is by far closer to give a man a hammer and every problem looks like a nail. People acted angrily with the tools they knew best.
- recoiledsnake 14y ago>Oh pull your head out of your ass Do you really need to use abrasive language like this to get your point across? This isn't Reddit. >People acted angrily with the tools they knew best. Yes, the people who were looking to get her fired did so, and succeeded very well. Do you seriously believe the female or feminist tech community has the resources to perform DDoS?
- bronson 14y ago> Do you seriously believe the female or feminist tech community has the resources to perform DDoS? You don't??!
- mtrimpe 14y agoIf you consider the willingness of a large group of people to engage in mildly illegal behaviour and the means to orchestrate such an attack on short notice a 'resource' then they indeed probably don't.
- monkeyspaw 14y agoFWIW, I think the colorful and abusive language in this instance did a good job conveying additional information about the poster's mindset, opinion, and how they relate to others. Note that it doesn't reflect well on them. Part of their point is how they say it. To me, this says they're being reactionary and not mindful of others, which undermines their standing. Bad language is a useful signal in communication. In this case, especially, it's a negative signal about the poster.
- cbs 14y agoDo you seriously believe the female or feminist tech community has the resources to perform DDoS? Take a good hard look in the mirror my friend. You're calling "take your head out of your ass" abrasive, but that is downright tame compared to the sexism on display in your presumption that female(s) couldn't possibly have the necessarily tools and ability to launch a DDoS attack.
- vellum 14y agoConsidering it's something any script kiddie can do: yes.
- Torgo 14y ago>Do you seriously believe the female or feminist tech community has the resources to perform DDoS? Another example of the glaring disparities between the sexes in tech.