Staff were involved after the fact. The Code of Conduct, which these attendees agreed to, makes it clear that this behavior is not allowed.
Very often with bad behavior, the offender is anonymous and intentional, and the subtext is: "what are you going to do about it?"
Was this so bad? Should she have called out these people in this case? That question misses a larger point.
So many such incidents (and much worse) go unchallenged that I'm happy Adria felt comfortable calling it out and asking the community to stand for the ideals it claims to hold.
There's work left to be done, but we're heading in the right direction.
Very often with bad behavior, the offender is anonymous and intentional, and the subtext is: "what are you going to do about it?"
Was this so bad? Should she have called out these people in this case? That question misses a larger point.
So many such incidents (and much worse) go unchallenged that I'm happy Adria felt comfortable calling it out and asking the community to stand for the ideals it claims to hold.
There's work left to be done, but we're heading in the right direction.