VA: I Never Told Kathy Sierra to Shut Her Gob (But I Wish I Would Have)
Mar 28th, 2007
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Someone threatens Kathy Sierra and everyone starts throwing my name into the argument as if it were me who told her to shut her gob.
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Original post: I Never Told Kathy Sierra to Shut Her Gob (But I Wish I Would Have)
how is someone like kathy sierra supposed to be anonymous when she gives public talks at web conferences et al.? she is a public figure, just like any other blogger who is trying to build a reputation. i know the majority of the full names of people whose blogs i read, and i definitely know their email addresses. i read a lot of blogs because of the reputation of the people behind them, such as paul graham and joel spolsky. nobody deserves to be attacked just because their email address is listed somewhere. do i think she’s overreacting? yes, although i’m the first to admit i wouldn’t sleep for a week if some stranger photoshopped a picture of me like they did of her. do i think the obvious answer is to just make yourself anonymous and unreachable? no. not everyone is interested in the internet solely as a place to run in, piss on everything, and then run back out. some people actually believe communication is a two-way street (foreign concept, i know).