Bullshit I had to go through while organizing a software conference
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Bullshit I had to go through while organizing a software conference
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#2Sorry to hear about the harassment, thats never fun to deal with. On the plus side, sounds like OP made the right call to disinvite the person from the conference. You can tell an awful lot about a person by how they handle rejection.
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#3It sounds like you compromised on your principles and are now paying the price. Lesson learned?
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#4It sounds like you compromised on your principles and are now paying the price. Lesson learned?
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#5It sounds like you compromised on your principles and are now paying the price. Lesson learned?
Could you elaborate?
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#6It sounds like you compromised on your principles and are now paying the price. Lesson learned?
Which principles do you think they compromised on?
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#7How can we know if your side of the story is the truth?
Either way, this is an excellent example of why the Twitter Justice System is a bad idea.
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#8>Nevertheless, we didn’t expect a threatening reaction followed by several emails, Twitter DMs, persistent phone calls and Whatsapp messages. She even texted my girlfriend, one of the organizers of the conference, whose telephone number is not public and wasn’t given to her at any moment. At the same time, she started contacting other speakers of the conference.
At that point you know you made the right choice... the rest is mind boggling.
Re: Bullshit I had to go through while organizing a software conference
#9How can we know if your side of the story is the truth? Either way, this is an excellent example of why the Twitter Justice System is a bad idea.
One thing is this person didn't mention the other people.
Telling this story this way isn't likely to be seen as attacking someone else / not a huge benefit to them / perhaps LESS of an incentive to lie..
Re: Bullshit I had to go through while organizing a software conference
#10How can we know if your side of the story is the truth? Either way, this is an excellent example of why the Twitter Justice System is a bad idea.
It seems like a lot (but not all) of the grief and drama the guy encountered could have been avoided by simply staying off of Twitter. Wouldn’t have stopped the crazed texts and other messages, but at the end of the day it’s also all just “words on the Internet” and I don’t see much real world harm here.
EDIT: Wow, all this for just suggesting to not worry so much about what people write on Twitter. Sorry if I offended someone!