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March 21, 2013 10:24 pm GMT
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SendGrid Fires Company Evangelist After Twitter Fracas
SendGrid, an email delivery firm, has fired its developer evangelist, Adria Richards, after she tweeted a photo of a developer at PyCon last weekend that resulted in that developer losing his job.
The action prompted an ugly backlash on Twitter that included rape and death threats against Richards. As recently as Wednesday Richards (pictured) had tweeted that her employer supported her:
Hey @mundanematt, it's clear from the last 24 hours you're a bully.@sendgrid supports me.Stop trolling.
— Adria Richards (@adriarichards) March 20, 2013
However, on Wednesday afternoon, SendGrid posted the following message on its Facebook Page:
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