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[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> The more harassment I get from ubuntu, and launchpad, the more personal
> information I remove from it.  I don't  like being harassed, and I don't
> like people deciding it's OK for me, and others to be harassed, so they
> can feel more safe and confident.  If i end up then going and violating
> policies for teams that i'm a member of, then I'll just have to leave
> those teams.  It's not worth being harassed, just to be on a team.
>
> Yes, this is something I feel very strongly about, hence the harsh mail.
>
> Hobbsee
> (who, up until mid-last year, was going by nickname only, even while
> being a MOTU, and being a part of the beta testers team)
>

And after the Kathy Sierra ordeal last year, I could definitely see a lot of
women being *very* interested in hiding their IRL identities to protect
themselves from harassment.

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
Linux User #432169
ACM Member #3445683
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff
apt-get moo
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