Gregory's Server
@shalf have you seen this report? https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/
admittedly, it's a few years old now but I'd bet all the money in all of my pockets against all the money in all of yours that the data would be essentially the same if it was done again today.
The short version is that people, as a group, are WAY worse at using computers than people, as a group, think. Like, by virtue of having and using a Mastodon account at all, you are probably in the top 20% or so of computer users worldwide.
The point being, punishing people for things they cannot reasonably be expected to know about or even to know that there's ANYTHING TO LEARN about them, is counterproductive at best, and actively harmful at worst.
It's probably worth keeping in mind that we're talking about the folks running a conference here, and not, like, Facebook. If anything, this could become a phenomenal talk at the very conference it happened at since they're talking about UI/UX stuff (if I'm remembering the OP correctly)!
I just don't think that people acting in good faith should be penalized for things that they had absolutely no reason to think would cause harm, y'know?
@dave_cochran “Absolutely no reason to think would cause harm”, in 2024, in a design-oriented communications and events community and business. Alright. Let me elaborate: it was the Manager’s job to a. have heard and learned from Monteiro e.g. 11y ago (see Webstock 2013 iirc), b. have heard and learned about e.g. Gebru et al. stories and work. Defending workers is right, hence my leaning towards your point. Managers are paid to know better. About time for some accountability in those fields.