Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW

Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by nothrabannosir on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:01PM (#11286207)

Wow, I don't know what happened at SXSW, but this Twitter conversation is a disaster in itself.

    Mr Spandex ‏@Manfeelings90  12h12 hours ago

    @strobist He was treated EXACTLY how he wants his
    opponents treated. He helped create this Culture of
    fear over "harassment"

    0 retweets 0 likes

    Be Just & Fear Not ‏@SuperNerdMike  21h21 hours ago
    .@francesc Did you try spitting on the cops by chance?
    0 retweets 3 likes
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    Brussel Sprout ‏@TheIxxer  21h21 hours ago
    @SuperNerdMike can I take bets that he got drunk, belligerent. Police came,
    he called them bigots and spat at them. Now he cries oppression.
    1 retweet 5 likes

    Be Just & Fear Not ‏@SuperNerdMike  21h21 hours ago
    @TheIxxer Let's make a pool.
    0 retweets 4 likes

    Caffeine Commissar ‏@CaffComm  21h21 hours ago
    My money is not on trusting the guy who made his profile picture look like
    he has a halo.
    @SuperNerdMike @TheIxxer

... that's rough. Do these people know something I don't? Or is this really what Twitter gets like once you get exposure?

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by sp332 on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:06PM (#11286247)

Yeah, it's pretty awful. It's one of the only social platforms where your experience gets significantly worse the more popular you are. You can't even untag yourself or "ignore" replies to tweets you're tagged in. Even if you block someone, Twitter will still put replies to their tweets in your notifications and timeline if the tweets have your handle in them.

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by clessg on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:09PM (#11286256)

https://twitter.com/crylenol/status/344561543150727168

    Commercial for Twitter dot com:

    *man yells nonsense out his window*

    Narrator: Don't you wish there were a better way?

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by justin_vanw on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:15PM (#11286291)

I think this is what the internet is like. When someone tells a story that people don't believe, people don't nod their head and try to avoid the conversation like they do in real life. They make fun of you and mock your attempt to tell a self serving story.

Sometimes people on the internet are right, sometimes they are wrong. They are not saying anything here that they wouldn't have said if they heard this story in real life, the only difference is that they are saying it out loud where everyone can hear it, instead of in a private way to their close associates.

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by nothrabannosir on Monday March 14, 2016 @09:22PM (#11286837)

This is a reasonable point of view, if you ask me. They are having a "private mode" conversation in a public forum, essentially?

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by justin_vanw on Monday March 14, 2016 @09:34PM (#11286886)

Think about the analogous situation in the physical world:

Someone comes into a large room we are all in, and announces very loudly to everyone "I JUST GOT ARRESTED FOR BEING DRUNK AND IT WAS NOT BECAUSE I WAS DRUNK, THE POLICE ARE RACIST"

People are laughing, and some comments can be heard among the people in the room like "YEA, RIGHT", "THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY", "THANKS FOR THE UPDATE", etc.

I don't think we would really think the comments were that inappropriate. When you go into public and broadcast something, it is perfectly acceptable for people to disbelieve you or make fun of what you said.

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by fweespee_ch on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:04PM (#11286228)

> ... that's rough. Do these people know something I don't? Or is this really what Twitter gets like once you get exposure?

It is what Twitter is like when you get some exposure unfortunately. Trolls, racists, etc. come out of the woodwork.

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by ps4fanboy on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:07PM (#11286253)

You could apply this to almost any amount of popularity look at what people say about Donald Trump.

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by fweespee_ch on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:18PM (#11286312)

Yes. It isn't twitter specific but to be fair, Donald Trump engages in alot of behavior that encourages that.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/opinion-trump-latest-pied...

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by ps4fanboy on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @05:18AM (#11288375)

Are you victim blaming?

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by fweespee_ch on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @12:53PM (#11291041)

If you say blatantly racist things, you aren't a victim.

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by ps4fanboy on Saturday March 19, 2016 @05:05AM (#11317847)

If they are blatantly racist you wouldnt have any trouble quoting?

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Re:Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW by tuxracer on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:06PM (#11286245)

Seems this is what Twitter is like when you get exposure in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9oZplyzDKc

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