A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control

https://twitter.com/adriarichards/statuses/313417655879102464

In an age of blogs, tweets, Hacker News, Reddit and Anonymous, an off-the-cuff joke can spin wildly out of control.

At least it appears that’s what happened with PyCon this week when a sexual joke led to some very public firings, a virulent debate about women in technology, another virulent debate about public shaming, and now, a DDOS attack.

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Story added 22. March 2013, content source with full text you can find at link above.