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
This is the final thing I have to say about @basecamp…For all y'all who fell for the warm and fuzzy narrative that its leadership spoon fed y'all in their books and blog posts, I hope that you FINALLY see that it's easy to be "one of the good guys" when you're the default
— Kim Crayton ~ She/Her ✊🏾💛 (@KimCrayton1) April 27, 2021
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/