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Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 16, 2012 11:44 UTC (Thu) by niner (subscriber, #26151)
In reply to: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters by rahvin
Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

"I'm a big believer that people that work together shouldn't even be able to date as it creates a work atmosphere that isn't professional."

Considering that about a quarter to a third of marriages are somehow related to the workplace, I think your demand is completely unrealistic. Apart from that I'd rather work with real people than with professional robots.

"Although conference attendees aren't necessarily coworkers, they should keep their personal life and professional life segregated and anyone that isn't capable of that shouldn't be attending the conference."

So I'm not allowed anymore to socialize with people at conferences, have some (maybe even too many) drinks in the evening and have fun that may even be unrelated to the conference's topic? Why have conferences at all? We can have a perfectly impresonal and professional atmosphere online after all. No need to meet.


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