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sdm
It seems all a startup has to do these days to get media attention is do something sexist...

In all seriousness, there have been many of these lately. It's a positive sign. But if startup was looking to get our name out, this seems like a sure fire way. At least everyone would know our name.

cleverjake
as the link appears to be taken down, can someone explain the context?
robinduckett
What was this? looks like geeklist hushed it up quick-like.
knowtheory
Geeklist had a project called Jennifer or something. Coda Hale posted an issue to their project notifying them that they had a flaw demonstrated by showing people the marketing video that Geeklist got in a tiff about.

It was actually pretty funny. A commenter also asked whether she should file a separate bug that she wasn't able to find or purchase any male thongs with the geeklist logo (since she noticed the absence opposite the short shorts that geeklist were selling for women).

colanderman
404'd for me. "jennifer" seems no longer to be a member of "geeklist".
Kudos
404, what was there?
inafield
Summary: Some guys allegedly used a video as marketing material but didn't fully own up to it. Woman took offense to what she considered to be sexist material and responded through Twitter in a manner that the guys viewed as unprofessional and unmerited. The guys took offense to her manner of communication and tone of communication. Co-founders kept it civil but didn't resolve the issue and dug themselves deeper into a hole. Some peanut gallery comments added in didn't help.
Torrents
The co-founders brought up the fact that they have families, that her employer is their client and ignored her complaint by repeatedly saying her tone was inappropriate. I would consider that anything but professional.
inafield
I agree with you. It wasn't professional. Civil, perhaps, but not professional.