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Joel, I can’t speak for github, so I’ll speak for myself. I think the account name has a potential to cause public confusion. This may result in negative conse
by ronilan 9y ago
Joel, I can’t speak for github, so I’ll speak for myself.
I think the account name has a potential to cause public confusion. This may result in negative consequences to github, the github community and the public itself.
This is immaterial to you. Let it go.
(For anyone who likes analogies, it’s like having a “dummy corpse” on the front lawn, left over from halloween).
- jperras 9y agoI can understand that. what I can't understand is why https://github.com/hacker https://github.com/hacker is okay. Or why https://github.com/blackhat https://github.com/blackhat is also an account. Or https://github.com/virus https://github.com/virus. Unless each one of those accounts is also being changed/removed, and I'm simply the first one to point this out.
- ronilan 9y agoThat is an excellent question, for this case and a lot of other similar ones (banned, removed etc.) I’ll rephrase the question: in a set of things that I consider to be similar why is one handled differently that the others? And the answer arises from the question: the sets are based on a different criteria. I don’t know what criteria github uses, but, I know that external input usually groups sets differently. Put simpler - maybe someone complied? (Analogy, “dummy corpse””, skeleton” and “sheet ghost” may seem similar on haloween night, but may get different reaction from the public)
- jperras 9y ago> And the answer arises from the question: the sets are based on a different criteria. Hopefully I'll soon find out what the criteria are, if this is the case!