Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by danielsju6 » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:53 PM UTC

Results of the GitHub Investigation
github.com

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by gregimba » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:56 PM UTC

I don't even know what to make of this. They say there was no evidence but he is still resigning.

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by danielbraun » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:57 PM UTC

This is scary. I was just checking out Jekyll and stumbled upon his blog. Then I came here and saw this.

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by ch4s3 » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:57 PM UTC

>>the investigator did find evidence of mistakes and errors of judgment

Isn't that like saying, well the hard proof isn't there but its clear you did do something wrong?

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by vezzy-fnord » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:59 PM UTC

ch4s3 wrote: post #4

>>the investigator did find evidence of mistakes and errors of judgment Isn't that like saying, well the hard proof isn't there but its clear you did do something wrong?

Which is an important distinction to make, especially considering the original allegations were specific.

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by fragmede » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:59 PM UTC

http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/19/5526574/github-sexism-scan... for a bit of backstory.

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by awda » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:59 PM UTC

gregimba wrote: post #2

I don't even know what to make of this. They say there was no evidence but he is still resigning.

They say there was no evidence of gender-based harassment, but I don't see them claiming "there was no evidence of harassment" either. Don't know enough to pass judgement.

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by chrismonsanto » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:59 PM UTC

> The investigation found no evidence to support the claims [...] of a sexist or hostile work environment.

So, are they saying that Horvath was lying? I mean, there was a lot of specific stuff she mentioned that seemed inappropriate. I don't want to get into whether the behavior was "sexist" or not, but I think we can all agree that if what she said was true, the work environment was hostile and unprofessional.

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by steveklabnik » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 7:59 PM UTC

gregimba wrote: post #2

I don't even know what to make of this. They say there was no evidence but he is still resigning.

It says there's no evidence of gender-based $BAD_THING, but not that no $BAD_THINGs happened.

One could argue that allowing a non-employee so much access to a private company is an 'error of judgement.' (Referring to Horvath's comments about Tom's wife)

Re: Results of the GitHub Investigation

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Post by ljklnfds » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 8:00 PM UTC

gregimba wrote: post #2

I don't even know what to make of this. They say there was no evidence but he is still resigning.

Dude's probably incredibly rich, he can spend the rest of his life on a beach. Why bother dragging through this? Just go buy a boat or something.