Google Cloud Dev Advocate Jailed at SXSW

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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