Y’all this Basecamp situation is a mess….so here is our messy response. In nutshell we cannot continue to invest our infrastructure in a platform and company that is dedicated to enforcing hostile work conditions and facilitating racism. If you choose not to produce anti-racism you will be producing racism. Ths is common sense. They had internal staff working to make the company ethical and sustainable but they cared more about protecting white male power.
Links with more information below.
The Verge: Basecamp announced it would ban “societal and political discussions” at work. But the hardest conversations at work were about the company itself. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22406673/basecamp-political-speech-policy-controversy
Kim Creyton Tweet Response: https://twitter.com/KimCrayton1/status/1386837814202052612
Changes at Basecamp Blogpost: https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5
Brandi summation tweet: https://twitter.com/brsuttles/status/1387368125247676417
Basecamp Employees Quitting: https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/basecamp-employees-quit-ceo-letter/