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It shouldn't really be a job of random private companies to police the Internet. It used to be the case that postal and telecommunication services were neutral

by qb45 10y ago

It shouldn't really be a job of random private companies to police the Internet. It used to be the case that postal and telecommunication services were neutral and not responsible for their users. If you have an issue with what somebody sent to you or published you go to court and have it resolved legally and by qualified people. BTW, are there any laws regulating this kind of things? It certainly would be very unfortunate if companies were allowed to use "community guidelines" as an excuse for unjust discrimination. Can I make them actually responsible for their decisions and sue them for kicking out somebody they shouldn't or for failing to kick somebody they should?

eli 10y ago
>It shouldn't really be a job of random private companies to police the Internet. They aren't policing the internet, they're policing their users of their service. If Github wanted to moderate the content on other people's websites I agree that would be weird and problematic. > Can I make them actually responsible for their decisions and sue them for kicking out somebody they shouldn't or for failing to kick somebody they should? I'm having a hard time understanding what you're getting at. Who do you think Github is going to discriminate against? "Internet Trolls" are not a protected class. The government does not require private companies to have to do business with anyone (a good thing!).
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- qb45 10y ago
  > Who do you think Github is going to discriminate against? Anyone at all. I don't think GitHub will be better than any random project maintainer whom now they want to override. But if you really need specifics and finger pointing, what about the fact that GitHub hired the troll who, with no affiliation with the project whatsoever, spammed Opal's issue tracker about private opinions that one member expressed outside of the project and outside of GitHub and demanded his removal from the project? See link in the top post here for details. Will they start removing such spam once the guidelines are in place? Will they ban the troll? Maybe fire her from the job?

by qb45 10y ago

eli 10y ago

>It shouldn't really be a job of random private companies to police the Internet. They aren't policing the internet, they're policing their users of their service. If Github wanted to moderate the content on other people's websites I agree that would be weird and problematic. > Can I make them actually responsible for their decisions and sue them for kicking out somebody they shouldn't or for failing to kick somebody they should? I'm having a hard time understanding what you're getting at. Who do you think Github is going to discriminate against? "Internet Trolls" are not a protected class. The government does not require private companies to have to do business with anyone (a good thing!).

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qb45 10y ago
> Who do you think Github is going to discriminate against? Anyone at all. I don't think GitHub will be better than any random project maintainer whom now they want to override. But if you really need specifics and finger pointing, what about the fact that GitHub hired the troll who, with no affiliation with the project whatsoever, spammed Opal's issue tracker about private opinions that one member expressed outside of the project and outside of GitHub and demanded his removal from the project? See link in the top post here for details. Will they start removing such spam once the guidelines are in place? Will they ban the troll? Maybe fire her from the job?