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Calavar ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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 ◴[] No.41862185[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 ◴[] No.41862441[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. anonfordays ◴[] No.41863891[source]
>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.

Even worse is "moderation of this kind would disproportionately impact disenfranchised LGBTWBIPOC+ users since they're more likely to have new accounts", "gatekeeping" is therefore racist, etc. ad nauseam.

That's for sure is the most absolutely ridiculous mantra to gain traction in the last decade.