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I don't get why anyone views this as a positive thing. The announcement effectively says "We took it down because we didn't think about it, but then we changed
by 08-15 10y ago
I don't get why anyone views this as a positive thing. The announcement effectively says "We took it down because we didn't think about it, but then we changed our mind." Okay---and a lively discussion on HN had nothing do with it, I presume.
GitLabb, you could have admitted publicly that you made a mistake, but you didn't. Making excuses is a promise of repetition, so I read this as "Next time something like this happens, we're again going to delete the account, unless there is too much backlash on HN again." Sorry guys, but the damage is done and you missed your one chance to repair it.
- bmelton 10y agoI see that you've been downvoted, and while I can sort of see why, your thoughts somewhat echo my own, which earned you an upvote. Everybody's tripping over themselves to praise Gitlab here, and while I agree that they probably made the right decision here, in this case, the biggest issue to me is that they saw nothing wrong with the censorship of a gist (or repo, or codebase) in the first place, and that strikes me in a distinctly negative way. This post was one of disclosure. I am a free speech advocate on any issue for which there aren't compelling legal reasons necessitating removal (e.g., child porn), and I do my level best to make an effort to do businesses that prefer allowing free speech to the restriction of speech they disagree with. As a Gitlab user, this gives me great pause.