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As I said in-thread, I've now promoted my back burner idea to allow repository owners to automatically lock GitHub threads when they appear here. There are a co
by jsmthrowaway 11y ago
As I said in-thread, I've now promoted my back burner idea to allow repository owners to automatically lock GitHub threads when they appear here. There are a couple missing pieces from GitHub's end, namely API support and the ability to lock "other" threads like commits, so I suspect the functionality will become deleting non-owner/non-collaborator comments after a thread appears here. There are GitHub accounts like MTWomg whose sole purpose is trolling when a thread appears here, and it's becoming simply irresponsible to divert this community's conversation to another community.
I have contacted GitHub for clarity on these points, since as it stands, it seems like locking was a kneejerk "put out a fire" mechanism that is really unsupported and betrays GitHub not caring about abuse on their platform. They join Twitter in that regard.
HN destroys threads more than Reddit, in my experience, but both are worth hitting.
- MTWomg 11y agoAh! There you are. As I said on Github, I do not regularly read HN and was not made aware of the issue through HN. You have no way of knowing when and how I was made aware of the Github issue. Do not pretend, you look silly when you do. I was not even aware that this 'thing' was on HN until you mentioned it. A position you disagree with is not abuse. I am not targeting a specific person and forcing them to read my posting, I am responding to an issue with a valid perspective. This is far removed from the kind of awful harassment that happens on Twitter all day, every day.
- jsmthrowaway 11y agoFollowing me from platform to platform is not going to get me to engage you. Remain irrelevant, please.
- MTWomg 11y agoI propose that you learned of the Github Issue when s5msft flapped their wings and flew to your home, landed on your shoulder and telepathically communicated the issue to you. You get it yet?