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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

(arstechnica.com)
431 points dangle1 | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Calavar ◴[16 Oct 24 16:54 UTC] No.41861254[source]▶
We've lost a lot with the deletion of this repo. Not the code - that's already out in the ether - but the absurdist comedy of the issues, pull requests, and commit history of trying to piecemeal delete third party non-FOSS software.
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abbbi ◴[16 Oct 24 17:14 UTC] No.41861434[source]▶
sorry, but this was a real shitshow. I dont understand: wtf makes people think spamming an repo in the way they did is in any way useful?
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Calavar ◴[16 Oct 24 17:23 UTC] No.41861505[source]▶
The meme/troll issues were edgy teen style humor and not that funny, but the legitimate ones that tried to gently explain what rebase does and went completely ignored were funny because they felt surreal and hyperreal at the same time. Office-Space-esque comedy.
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delfinom ◴[16 Oct 24 17:39 UTC] No.41861666[source]▶
The troll issues are exactly why my OSS group does not use GitHub at all. It's become a toxic platform for quite awhile.
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armada651 ◴[16 Oct 24 17:44 UTC] No.41861711[source]▶
That's just the reality of any platform that doesn't gatekeep who gets to participate. Eventually assholes are going to join, that's simply unavoidable.
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candiddevmike ◴[16 Oct 24 18:31 UTC] No.41862185{4}[source]▶
GitHub doesn't provide nearly enough tools for moderation though. Like restricting issue creation, comments, and discussions to only certain folks (beyond the per-issue controls).
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seattle_spring ◴[16 Oct 24 18:50 UTC] No.41862441{5}[source]▶
> GitHub doesn't provide nearly enough tools for moderation though

Which in itself would summon the vitriol of the super-trolls. "Moderation is censorship" is the most absolutely ridiculous mantra to gain traction in the last decade.

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1. pessimizer ◴[16 Oct 24 19:33 UTC] No.41862941{6}[source]▶
Government moderation.

It's fine both to "moderate" your own repo, as well as to "censor" your own repo. No need to play word games or demand that strangers that you owe absolutely nothing to can't be upset. They can be upset, and you can ignore them until they go away.