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40 pointsmegamark1613y ago10 comments

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This site would be even stronger if it didn't mention the "sensations... inappropriate jokes... distastefully ugly backlash outside" at all.

Those captivated by that flaming (but short-burning) controversy can already appreciate the contrast. Others with negligible awareness of the controversy can just enjoy the awesomeness, without the injection of another emotionally-loaded reference.

hynek13y ago

I felt like it was good to mention it when we started out to give context. I’ve banned it now to a sub-page. I don’t want to remove it for good so nobody accuses us of being sneaky and ignoring incidents or something like that. It’s not the first thing you see when you come to the page anymore though.

jinushaun13y ago

I must be the only one that doesn't think PyCon was tainted by Donglegate. This is TMZ for nerds.

hynek13y ago

Unfortunately mass media chose to report only on donglegate. One of them even started with something like “PyCon was as boring as a tech conference goes [until donglegate].”

mbetter13y ago

I think you're supposed to use asterisks instead of saying the D-word now.

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eliben13y ago

"And if you want to say “thank you” you should do so on Jesse’s Gittip page."

OK, seriously?

res0nat0r13y ago

What is wrong with giving the organizer of the conference a tip if you think he deserves it?

eliben13y ago

Because this is about PyCon, not Jesse. With all due respect (and I respect him - he did a great job) he's not the only one who's been working to make PyCon possible and great. Not to mention the other people working on the organization, there are also the (unpaid) tutorial teachers, presenters, session leaders, volunteer developers of Python itself and other open-source related tools, and so on.

hynek13y ago

last time i checked none of them got nightly creeper calls and death threats because of their involvement with PyCon. if you know of any, i’ll add them.

zalew13y ago

isn't this http://pyvideo.org/category/33/pycon-us-2013 that site?

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gojomo13y ago

This site would be even stronger if it didn't mention the "sensations... inappropriate jokes... distastefully ugly backlash outside" at all.

hynek13y ago

jinushaun13y ago

I must be the only one that doesn't think PyCon was tainted by Donglegate. This is TMZ for nerds.

hynek13y ago

Unfortunately mass media chose to report only on donglegate. One of them even started with something like “PyCon was as boring as a tech conference goes [until donglegate].”

mbetter13y ago

I think you're supposed to use asterisks instead of saying the D-word now.

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eliben13y ago

"And if you want to say “thank you” you should do so on Jesse’s Gittip page."

OK, seriously?

res0nat0r13y ago

What is wrong with giving the organizer of the conference a tip if you think he deserves it?

eliben13y ago

hynek13y ago

last time i checked none of them got nightly creeper calls and death threats because of their involvement with PyCon. if you know of any, i’ll add them.

zalew13y ago

isn't this http://pyvideo.org/category/33/pycon-us-2013 that site?

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