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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013

    EU/UK folks: I stayed up last night writing about the 3 main fallacies I see repeated about diversity at conferences: http://aralbalkan.com/notes/on-false-dichotomies-and-diversity/ …

    3:04 AM - 8 Jan 2013
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    • Kaitlin Matthew Caruana Galizia Julie Sharp Markus ☢️🐙 Wein Tina Holmboe Philip Mateescu Laura aka LoboTC krisztian ur Thijs
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      2. Jane‏ @janemcopland 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral re: my last few tweets - there's also those of us who HAVE been asked and who've declined bc of an poor environment once we get there.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @janemcopland

        @jane_copland I’ll storify those and tweet a link when I get a moment (unless you get to it first)—easier than RTing a stream of tweets :)

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      4. Jane‏ @janemcopland 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral It used to frustrate me even more than it does now because I couldn't articulate exactly what was wrong. "Exclusionary" is a good word

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @janemcopland

        @jane_copland Do let me know if you write a blog post about this. It’s an important point.

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      6. Jane‏ @janemcopland 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I wrote this one: http://janecopland.co.uk/2011/12/women-as-entertainment-in-the-seo-industry/ … - 12 months more experience now, but the story is the same.

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      2. Peter Cooper‏ @peterc 13 Feb 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Missed this 1st time. Interesting to see the 27-29% number, we worked out at 30% for @fluentconf - so I'm a little encouraged :)

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Feb 2013
        Replying to @peterc

        @peterc That’s very representative + encouraging :) +@fluentconf

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      2. Matt Andrews‏ @mattpointblank 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral thanks for this, brilliant post. Cheers for defending/clarifying what was indeed sloppy writing on my part, too re. quotas / 5 women.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @mattpointblank

        @mattpointblank Thanks so much, Matt, I’m really glad you enjoyed it & thanks for bringing it to light.

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      2. Sophie S-K‏ @iamsophiesk 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I think because you were clear and concise, and undermined those fallacies, where most people hide behind them - excellent work.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @iamsophiesk

        @Tawreh Thank you, Sophie, it’s great to hear that :)

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      2. Jan Lehnardt‏ @janl 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral good!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @janl

        @janl :)

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      2. Elizabeth Barron‏ @ElizabethN 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral thank you for writing that! Brilliantly written, and I couldn't agree more with you.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @ElizabethN

        @ElizabethN Thanks, Elizabeth, I’m happy to hear that :)

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      2. Mustafa Kurtuldu‏ @Mustafa_x 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral you make some excellent points abi ;)

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @Mustafa_x

        @Mustafa_x Thanks :)

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      4. Mustafa Kurtuldu‏ @Mustafa_x 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral its quite scary how some people seem to be against diversity. I thought out industry was much more mature :(

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      1. richquick‏ @richquick 8 Jan 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Excellent article. :) I'd add: "Speakers aren't generally more talented than the audience." to the meritocracy fallacy.

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      1. Matthew Caruana Galizia‏Verified account @mcaruanagalizia 8 Jan 2013
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        @aral Excellent post, thank you.

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