Yahoo Apologizes for ‘Hack Day’ Dancers
Yahoo staffers are apologizing for lap dancers at last week’s Open Hack Day in Taiwan. Of the two dozen comments left on the developer’s blog, half were angry women upset over the whole deal. Obviously these are women that have never been to a trade show or events like this but....mad is mad and Yahoo apologized.
Our hack events are designed to give developers an opportunity to learn about our APIs and technologies. As many folks have rightly pointed out, the "Hack Girls" aspect of our Taiwan Hack Day is not reflective of that spirit or purpose. And it’s certainly not the message we want to send about our values here at Yahoo!. Hack Days are about making everyone feel welcome, including women coders and technologists.