That time Sprinklr's VP of design tried to get me fired

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Post by devscreen » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 8:24 PM UTC

That time Sprinklr's VP of design tried to get me fired
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Post by oh_sigh » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 8:55 PM UTC

I'm only part way through, it does seem like Sprinklr or the VP is in the wrong, but I'm curious how the author can say simultaneously that her tweets don't matter, and then also call herself a leading voice in her industry, and brag about the amount of twitter followers she has.

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Post by Waterluvian » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 8:58 PM UTC

Please stop naming companies Somethingly or Boggl or Toddlr or Nameify.

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Post by minimaxir » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 8:59 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #2

I'm only part way through, it does seem like Sprinklr or the VP is in the wrong, but I'm curious how the author can say simultaneously that her tweets don't matter, and then also call herself a leading voice in her industry, and brag about the amount of twitter followers she has.

As the article notes, not all tweets from people that have large followings get guaranteed substantial engagement/notice.

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Post by viklove » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:00 PM UTC

I now have all this knowledge about Amy Brown's uterus, hormones, large eggs, and husband's sperm that I feel did not contribute to this story in any way...

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Post by kernoble » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:03 PM UTC

An eye for an eye, I guess. You'd probably get more done writing them a letter directly, or suing him/them.

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Post by brianberns » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:03 PM UTC

I fully support this lady’s “right to say dumb shit on the internet”, but if Gina Carano can be fired by Disney for her tweets, so can she (who actually wasn’t even fired). Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences.

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Post by souldeux » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:05 PM UTC

I've read this twice now, and both times I've come away with the same feeling: this is an immature reaction to an immature reaction to an arguably immature action.

Re: That time Sprinklr's VP of design tried to get me fired

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Post by minimaxir » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:06 PM UTC

brianberns wrote: post #7

I fully support this lady’s “right to say dumb shit on the internet”, but if Gina Carano can be fired by Disney for her tweets, so can she (who actually wasn’t even fired). Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences.

There's a difference between being fired for an innocuous negative joke about a company and being fired for transphobia and antisemitism.

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Post by oh_sigh » Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 9:10 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #4

oh_sigh wrote: post #2

I'm only part way through, it does seem like Sprinklr or the VP is in the wrong, but I'm curious how the author can say simultaneously that her tweets don't matter, and then also call herself a leading voice in her industry, and brag about the amount of twitter followers she has.

As the article notes, not all tweets from people that have large followings get guaranteed substantial engagement/notice.

Yes, but a tweet directly going viral is not the only way that a tweet can get attention.

If you were an industry analyst scrolling through Bill Gates' twitter, and saw that a year ago he said "Dell computers are a rip off", and it only got 600 likes and no other mentions, you might decide to write an article on that and re-bring light to it. Couldn't the same thing happen with this person? I don't know her, I don't work in her industry, so I'm just taking her word for it that she is a leading voice.