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I deleted my http://geekli.st account after the way they treated Shanley Kane (http://storify.com/charlesarthur/oh-hai-sexism).

Even though they issued an apology and a clear PR exercise of devoting months to 'Women in Tech' it couldn't change the attitude displayed by Christian Sanz and Reuben Katz.

Will I regret my decision to delete my account? Maybe. Thankfully there are other alternatives out there like http://coderwall.com.

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Thanks Vertis, we've done much since then to help make the tech industry a better place for women including this successful event in Paris http://railsgirls.com/paris and http://geekli.st/gklst/we-are-creating-a-women-in-technology... and sponsorship of many great events like: http://geekli.st/estelle/the-attendees-for-confident-coding-...

There was the sexist aspect and then there was an aspect of just attacking/disrespecting someone on twitter.

I care very little for the PR actions you've taken to rescue the geekli.st image, and more about the lessons you both learned.

Did you both apologise to Shanley in private? Because it matters more to me what you do when people aren't watching.

Wow. What a disgraceful exchange. The 'apology' that not-so-subtly implies Shanley has an agenda because they didn't employ her doesn't exactly exude contrition, or class.

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