I'm all for less sexism in the tech community, but this just looks like someone taking an opportunity to make a furor, rather than constructively working to change attitudes.
"Let's have a lynching."
Heroku Pulls Sponsorship After Boston API Jam Publishes Sexist Eventbrite
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#12If everyone responded like Heroku did (immediately, firmly, and without apologies) when they saw such sexist behavior it would improve our industry. Please do so whenever you get the chance, and props to the Heroku team!
Heroku didn't notice/care until someone else started making a big deal about it. Then like any sane company they took the safe route.
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#13If everyone responded like Heroku did (immediately, firmly, and without apologies) when they saw such sexist behavior it would improve our industry. Please do so whenever you get the chance, and props to the Heroku team!
Heroku didn't notice/care until someone else started making a big deal about it. Then like any sane company they took the safe route.
It's just as likely that they didn't know. Marketing materials don't get sent through sponsors first.
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#14I'm all for less sexism in the tech community, but this just looks like someone taking an opportunity to make a furor, rather than constructively working to change attitudes. "Let's have a lynching."
Yes, because pulling sponsorships from an incompetently promoted event is definitely the same thing as lynching its organizers.
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#16If everyone responded like Heroku did (immediately, firmly, and without apologies) when they saw such sexist behavior it would improve our industry. Please do so whenever you get the chance, and props to the Heroku team!
Heroku didn't notice/care until someone else started making a big deal about it. Then like any sane company they took the safe route.
It took less than 2 hours for this to go from Twitter meme to Heroku and Apigee pulling out. If a sponsor pulled out tomorrow, I'd still be impressed with them for doing it. The simplest explanation for what happened here: this is an image Heroku gives a shit about not having.
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#17I'm all for less sexism in the tech community, but this just looks like someone taking an opportunity to make a furor, rather than constructively working to change attitudes. "Let's have a lynching."
I don't think anyone in particular tried to make a furor, more that this was just a particularly egregious and dumb case, where it was easy for everyone to pile on and apparent to everyone what the proper resolution was. It snowballed quickly because unlike more pervasive gender issues in the tech community, this was an easy one to solve, if not avoid in the first place.
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#19If everyone responded like Heroku did (immediately, firmly, and without apologies) when they saw such sexist behavior it would improve our industry. Please do so whenever you get the chance, and props to the Heroku team!
Heroku didn't notice/care until someone else started making a big deal about it. Then like any sane company they took the safe route.
Excuse me: "As soon as the event was published the Heroku team immediately took action with Apigee quick to follow."
What would you expect Heroku have done differently?
HN has seen a sharp increase in negativity lately. What gives?
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#20I also involuntarily twinged slightly at "take a brake" and "thing of the paste". Going to guess this didn't get a lot of review before being sent out...