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I'm not agreeing with anything Adria did, but the issue of being labeled as the "tattletale" probably plays a big part in most women's reluctance to report real harassment.

But there is a big difference between mentioning something to someone or someone's boss in private, and posting about it on Twitter with a picture attached.



But everyone else seems to like a good pitchfork witch hunt!


There's must be a way to monetize this, turn it into an industry, or at least, a full time career.


It's called cable news.


Fox News is a cash cow, and MSNBC is trying to get into the game


touche.

Now I remember why I don't have TV.


Mashable just did!


Are you saying gizmodo was beaten to the punch?


Gizmodo will just summarize mashable. Eventually AOL will decide they should be the #1 search term for 'python' and 'sendgrid' and their content mill will start working those phrases and beat them all.

Then they'll all congratulate themselves for raising the journalistic bar one cheap SEO trick and even cheaper "I can't believe it's not plagiarism" rewording at a time.




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