I was there in the chatroom for a lot of the time but I missed Relly’s & Sarah’s pieces. I did catch Yaili’s segment though. And the comments in the chat were pretty poor at times.

I’m a regular Boagworld listener and I also help to keep an eye on the Boagworld forums. So I know the community around the Boagworld a little. However, the comments coming from some people caught me totally by surprise. It’s normally such a well balanced place. I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve seen a sexist comment or any other bad word said against someone else on the site or forum. So please don’t anyone think badily of the community. I think it was a case of a few bad apples spoiling the bunch.

Judging by the people that were posting, I’m personally putting the blame done to a few young lads that just didn’t know better. It’s no excuse I know but at least there is time for them to re-educate themselves before they step out into the real world. During the day, many of the web professionals would have been working and just listening, not commenting in the chat. At least I hope no “professional” was in there and saying those things.

I agree that something needs to be done next time. UStream has the functionality to add moderators which might have been an idea. Having times when the chat was slowed down might have also helped stemmed the tide. But this was the first time of doing this. Lessons will be learned and hopefully the next time we won’t have this trouble.

I really enjoyed watching you & Drew speak Rachel. Thanks for taking part in it all. As a listener, it was a great event.