Shanley Kane, Tech Diversity, and Free speech on Twitter
Anyone have thoughts/info on the recent @shanley Kane @Medium meltdown that was brought about by the news that journalist Elizabeth Spiers was doing a profile article on Kane. Shanley responded by characterizing the profile as a violation of boundaries and a potentially violent act -- even though it's hard to imagine why Medium.com would 'attack' one if it's better known boggers.
Here is how Medium.com responded:
https://medium.com/@bobbie/on-reporting-65077a5c9047
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 22.9 ms ] threadI think that regardless of how critical the article is (or isn't) -- her reactions already suggest that her views on tech culture are histrionic distortions of reality, where any disagreement is equated with violence: even a fellow woman journalist is castigated for contributing to 'harassment and violence' for simply writing a profile that was probably, on balance, originally leaning positive.
The key word here is histrionic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histrionic_personality_disorder
If you have a story to submit about how a magazine chose to report on a subject or how that subject responded, submit it. It might still be too superficially dramatic for HN, and it might get buried or flagged off the site. But it might not, and if you really believe the story has substance, there's not much harm in a good-faith submission.
This, on the other hand, is merely a solicitation of opinions --- not even informed opinions --- about interpersonal drama unrelated to HN.
I flagged it and, for my part, would be thankful if people didn't post stuff like this to HN.
Shanley Kane writes on tech, with an emphasis on venture capitalist like YCombinator. Actually YCombinator is often the focus of Shanley Kane's criticism of VC in Silicon Valley.
http://bit.ly/1impCn6
Hacker News, to it's credit, seems to be more open/less gameable than other sites, and being able to express your own opinions on tech culture/community -- is a very significant issue.