Re:Gitlab's Director of Risk and Global Compliance Resigns
by Macha on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:57PM
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You see it happen all the time as there is a large supply of suitable trolls.
Company makes anti-consumer move.
Consumers react with backlash, including some that go off the rails.
Company issues statement: "Our staff have received harassment over this issue. We condemn harassment in any form. We will no longer discuss this issue"
Bonus points if the visible staff members among the incident are of a minority, then they get to paint all their critics as racist/sexist/whatever, rather than consumers unhappy with being nickle and dimed/recieving a product different than promised/etc
Company makes anti-consumer move.
Consumers react with backlash, including some that go off the rails.
Company issues statement: "Our staff have received harassment over this issue. We condemn harassment in any form. We will no longer discuss this issue"
Bonus points if the visible staff members among the incident are of a minority, then they get to paint all their critics as racist/sexist/whatever, rather than consumers unhappy with being nickle and dimed/recieving a product different than promised/etc