Public Shaming in Tech

You really don't have to be so cruel. I understand how you may see this failure to be perfect unprofessional, but please understand that this is something that could be settled with a kind email. Writing an inflammatory post such as this one serves no purpose other than to inflame and shame.I am disappointed with this post. I have not seen any post like it on Hacker News, try as I might to remember. It even appears that you created an account just to comment on this one lapse in judgemen

They should have asked him to take it down, or re-phrase it to be more polite about it. Booting someone over that seems kafkaesque, like there's a lot to hide.Especially if he was being factual, there's an element of legit whistle-blowing there, it's a bad look, YC.

A known "Developer Evangelist" with a large following that's been featured on mainstream media tweets a picture of someone in the technology field that has offended her, as opposed to simply confronting him, or just notifying the conference management. You were very aware that there would be repercussions. No offering of suggestions, ideas or mentoring to help solve a problem, simply call the masses and authorities to deal with it. I realize that my opinion doesn't matter to you, however I think

Cross-posting my held-in-moderation comment to her post here:"I calculated my next steps." => I'm sorry but that just feels wrong.You actively tried to harm these guys (and succeeded). I'm pretty sure they weren't "calculating" their bad jokes to hurt your feelings.Instead of an absurdly long post you should probably just have mentioned their bad taste, apologised for getting somebody fired and tried to resolve this issue as peacefully as possible instead of blowing it up.No, the

They responded very unprofessionally, but at least they are acknowledging the incident and explaining their side. It's almost exactly what I would do as an individual, but for a company they should have left it at "we cannot discuss the details of your friends account".

Anyone doing anything slightly out of the norm on the fediverse gets blasted. I too experienced this just recently. Being open and responding just gets you even more heat.100% agree the response is inappropriate.If you don't do an apology like done here the mob will continue to attack you. So I totally understand why they did this.

“making the same mistake” doesn’t equal “considering it an acceptable approach”the reaction was attributing it to malice, when it obviously was incompetencethat should have been 1 tweet or github issue opened asking them to change it, and it would have been corrected or not. firestorm if they didnt take it seriouslyinstead of whatever all this drama was pre-emptively

Sure, things can always have gone better, but this is data loss/corruption territory. It's asking for trouble and hurt feelings. I think a strong response is ok.

YCombinator people talk to one another.They should talk to each other about why this was bad behavior. If the OP mentions the name, the company can respond with their reasons in an adult and professional manner, explain why they needed someone else, and how they are going to make this right. Then they look like smart, grounded pros willing to admit a mistake and will get some free marketing.

The internet will never fully agree with you and at the end of the day you did what was right for you. Sometimes you have to say enough is enough just for your moral compass to sleep well at night. I am certain you have better things to do then call people out for nothing so I do believe this guy had it coming. Other times on HN the sentiment is the opposite and public shaming is encouraged. I don’t think you went over the top with your reaction.