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Hey, GitLab, if you want to push a big migration from GitHub, inundate the GitHub design team with requests for a ribbon UI on github.com and to move the subscr
by erichurkman 8y ago
Hey, GitLab, if you want to push a big migration from GitHub, inundate the GitHub design team with requests for a ribbon UI on github.com and to move the subscription system to Office 365.
- sytse 8y agoWe'll not spam GitHub. But we see people #movingtogitlab
- bauerd 8y agoI think your company has a great product, but your shitty hashtag spamming surely won't make me adopt it.
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- slg 8y agoI completely agree. I am a happy Gitlab user. I think it is a great product. The CEO coming into this thread repeatedly pushing "#movingtogitlab" is a pretty tasteless move.
- anothergoogler 8y agoHow is it tasteless? This has to be one of the most appropriate times/places for GitLab to promote itself.
- slg 8y agoSure, but it was more the manner of the promotion itself that was off-putting. There was no substance to any of the comments saying why we should switch or why Gitlab isn't going to follow the exact same path and be purchased by Google in 6 months. Instead it was a gloating comment that came off like a vulture circling a sick animal.
- matthewmacleod 8y agoAt a guess, I'd say a classy and less tasteless move would be a nice post giving their view on this rumour, pointing out the benefits of Gitlab, and giving some background on any efforts that might be needed to scale up. I'm sure it would quite quickly be pushed up to the top of the list and be a useful resource for people who might not have known about it or what it does. A sloganeering hashtag is basically the opposite of that.
- jayroh 8y agoIt's a really bad look for the CEO of the company. At it's core what is a hashtag even? It's means to amplify a "thing". It's a means to make it a thing. That's why it's tasteless. It's a shameless means to use the opportunity to ride the wave of the event instead of being classy, taking a back seat for a while, and handling the obvious influx resulting from this.
- brightball 8y agoHonestly, the draw for Github is the volume of direct integrations that are out there. Soon as Gitlab catches up there it will be a quicker decision.