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Backlash over fake female speakers shuts down developer conference (arstechnica.com)
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[-] lysdexic@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

(...) it was "because the organizer wants big names and it probably seemed like an easy way to address their diversity concerns.

Wouldn't it be easier to, say, invite real people to deliver real talks? How exactly is it easier to spend multiple years maintaining sock puppet accounts than simply sporadically extend an invitation to someone?

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