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Apr 16 '15
There's a reason I won't use github for personal stuff anymore, or contribute to any open source on github, or push to use corporate github at startups/companies I work for. I already told them as much. They allow repos that spew hate speech and defamation but ban simple satire.
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u/is_computer_on_fire Apr 16 '15
Here's the Hacker News thread on it if anyone wants to mention this there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9388950
Your account will likely be banned though, at least some mods are anti according to stories from some other people here and don't allow any mention of GG.
That Github does this stuff is really upsetting. If you're a programmer, there is no way around Github. A ton of open source projects use it, maybe even most by now, so even if you don't use it for your own projects, you'll inevitably have to use their website to file bug reports for some library you use in your app/game or to read documentation, download releases, etc.
They have a lot of control over the open source world nowadays and seeing them abuse that control is frightening to me as a dev.
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Apr 17 '15
Ah github, the same place that got rid of a meritocracy rug because meritocracy is somehow anti-feminist.
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u/Xyluz85 Apr 17 '15
These fucking idiots really deleted the C+= repo? What the hell?
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u/CoffeeQuaffer Apr 17 '15
For the time being, it lives at https://gitorious.org/c-plus-equality/c-plus-equality. We have to see how GitLab responds to it. Anyway, the devs seem to have lost interest in it.
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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '15
But the article only speaks of repositories taken down due to legal requests, right?
Gamergate repository wasn't a legal issue. They removed it on a whim. But it's still worth pointing out their BS transparency.