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I can certainly understand how receiving inappropriate messages like that would be extremely uncomfortable and unsettling. As a victim of sextortion myself, I know firsthand how violating and traumatic it can be to have your personal boundaries violated in such a way. It's important to consider that we all have the right to feel safe in our online interactions, and it's never okay for someone to send inappropriate or harassing messages. It's understandable to feel upset and frustrated in a situation like this, and it's important to know that there are resources available to help support and protect you. If you ever feel unsafe or threatened online, don't hesitate to reach out to trusted friends, family, or organizations like the Digital Investigation and seek help.
Yikes!
OMG, Too much fame, just because you have pretty face! Thank God i am not in the list
Gotta love the Christian one lol...
WTF is wrong with people :S
Just keep coding
I am so sorry you have to put up with this. Reading through these was infuriating and I'm just an outside observer. My wife was the most talented programmer I knew, but after working at three different companies where she repeatedly had to keep proving she was a damn good at what she did while also being a woman, she switched to a less male dominated industry. It is absolute bullshit that this still happena in 2020. You are far too kind to redact their names. Please keep up the good work, and don't let these socially inept chuckleheads get you down.
Seriously!.... 🤦 All these morons really exist?... What a good time to be alive.... Anyway just ignoring them is the best thing you can do. TBH I had seen sveral messages like this even in my mom's account, she's less tech savy so i manage her account sometimes. I usually block these s**** h*****.
Reading this was sad and felt inhuman. I never really thought this happened or at least to this extent.
I hope you're in a better place now. Thanks for exposing me to this.
I don't know how but I hope I to assist the world in correcting some of these acts.
I admire your strength and courage.
Great mental strength - overcoming all odds and making a name for yourself. Go Ali (y)
Oh Ali, I can't hardly believe such poor attitudes exist. Thank you for putting up with such garbage and being an encouragement to the coding community. Thanks for the help you have been for me in getting started in coding this year after surviving cancer. I have a copy of your book here, and have been using it as a guide. All the best!
I sincerely appreciate your decision to voice your experiences out.
It saddens me deeply to realize what women go through just for being in a certain profession. It is truly unfortunate for such events to happen. Such behavior stands as a manifestation of disgust and filth.
The lack of respect their actions display is a lot disturbing. Such people should be evicted from social media platforms. I think they've confused free speech with personal vandalism and disrespect. I truly long for a time in which legislative provisions are made in favor of protection of personal dignity on social media platforms.
I must again salute the courage you and other women going through similar experiences show on a daily basis. Thank you for bringing it to public knowledge. We, men can never understand what women go through everyday but your expression has really made us realize how far we have fallen as a society that personal objectification has now become free real estate.
I hope everything stops one day, I will be trying my best for that day to come soon.
Thank you Ali.
Despite being blocked on Twitter, I do feel that even though you get way more disconcerting messages than any other female I know in tech (either because you're transparent or because you're you), you are appreciated very much by your carefully curated community. Anyone who isn't harassing you is very much appreciative of your easygoing twitter and hope that you don't let these men stop you from success.
lmao what are some of those comments, straight from 2005 like. Sorry you have to go through with this type of harassment.
You are amazing Ali Spittel. More power to you.
Oh good god.
Thank you for sharing, happy you're still coding.
I want to join the ranks of all the ranks of all well surprised and angered men about the different levels of harassment here, but being 'in the game' for 20 years, I find more of the young me in some of these postings than I probably would want to admit in every day life.
As with all issues of these regards (in short *isms) there is one point of view I want more men to take: Just don't declare yourself out of the problem, but try to find out how much of a problem you are (causing). If the answer is Zero: Think harder fellow Techbros. It is a very much more useful way of thinking than just declaring the problem is out of our hemisphere. Only then we have a chance to get over the 'all men are trash' meme (that exists for a obvious reason reiterated here).
Thanks for posting this and sorry you have to go through this.
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