The Disinformation

Post by vertr07 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 1:50 AM UTC

Tohhou wrote: post #30

caprad wrote: post #12

Good to see people coming out in support of this horrible editing, and I hope the trouble makers see that it is taking the discussion away from what is important. Why attack someone like pg over this? Is the attempt to shame him into being more women hacker friendly? Isn't he already going out of his way to support women?

The people who attacked PG have an agenda: * Publicly shame as many top males for anything possible to make room for women - assume the worst and don't try to resolve possible misunderstanding privately, but instead immediately engage in public smear campaigns. The little shitlord nerds don't deserve anything. * Smashing the patriarchy requires getting men out of positions of power, because they didn't earn any of it…

Post by Tohhou » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 2:11 AM UTC

vertr07 wrote: post #32

Tohhou wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The people who attacked PG have an agenda: * Publicly shame as many top males for anything possible to make room for women - assume the worst and don't try to resolve possible misunderstanding privately, but instead immediately engage in public smear campaigns. The little shitlord nerds don't deserve anything. * Smashing the patriarchy requires getting men out of positions of power, because they didn't earn any of it…

Take your conspiracy theories back to the red pill chief.

Post by Tohhou » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 2:37 AM UTC

vertr07 wrote: post #35

Tohhou wrote: post #34

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Yeah, totes there are no people like this, and the attack on PG was not agenda fueled. http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction

You're going to need more than wild speculation and a link to a subreddit.

Post by chris_wot » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 3:41 AM UTC

kika wrote: post #31

tptacek wrote: post #7

I can't imagine how this situation could resolve itself in a way that will make The Information look good. If you weren't aware, it's a publication that asks for more than $30/mo, in exchange (literally, this is the point) for not running clickbait and keeping the signal/noise positive. I was happy to pay a buck a day for that service, but to pay for it and then see them run misleading clickbait makes me feel dumb fo…

Well, probably the following could at least help them with reputation: 1. Public apology and explanation how they are going to prevent this in the future 2. Publishing the full transcript of the story free of charge and publicly announcing it 3. Firing the reporter or editor or whoever was responsible for the act of conversion of information into propaganda. If it was Jessica herself then probably there's nothing to…

Post by Malician » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 3:56 AM UTC

otterley wrote: post #25

sillysaurus2 wrote: post #3

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Arrington didn't literally twist and reshape jwz's sentences, as pg's were. Even still, it's hard to see how Arrington metaphorically twisted anything jwz wrote. From the article: He's telling you the story of, "If you bust your ass and don't sleep, you'll get rich" because the only way that people in his line of work get richer is if young, poorly-socialized, naive geniuses believe that story! Without those coat-tai…

> Would you name some other ways to get rich with a reliability approaching that of starting a VC-funded startup? Yes, just invest in a mutual fund. Overall VC returns are in line with the broader market at best, and are often worse. (Source: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/02/venture-capital-returns.html )