Wow, @worstall, you completely miss the point: what message do you think #titstare etc gives to female participants?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/09/09/links-09-sept-perhaps-everyone-should-grow-up-about-the-titstare-rumpus/ …
@brennanMKE Not possible. Unless #tcdisrupt is run by muppets, not possible there was no oversight. Participated in & judged enough to know.
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Here is their 'apology' and admission of douchery: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.kuszewski/posts/10202071926419165 …
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@AndreaKuszewski@brennanMKE (Of course the hackers are to blame but TechChrunch isn’t entirely blameless is what I’m saying.) -
I'm writing a blog post on this incident; probably be published by mid-week.
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@AndreaKuszewski Looking forward to reading it :)
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... after their original hack didn't work out. TC had zero way to screen it, since they did the surprise prezi in-stage.
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@AndreaKuszewski@brennanMKE Also: same for the masturbation app? -
Re: the masturbation app, impossible to see the implied message without the visual demo. Otherwise ambiguous.
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ACTUALLY, Titstare dudes admitted they submitted a different hack to the TC hackathon site, then switched to Titstare..
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@AndreaKuszewski@brennanMKE And not one person from the organisers saw what they were working on during? Or stopped them half-way? -
Once TC processed what happened, they immediately stopped the presentations (about a minute or two later) and made their first apology
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@aral Then, following all the presentations, the editors of TC & moderators again profusely voiced their disgust and apologized on stage. -
Also heard from a VERY reputable source: another hack team was planning on presenting a 'porn discovery' app....
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@aral Then TechCrunch needs to do something more significant than just apologize. There have to be real consequences.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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