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I'm guessing the reason the repository is so popular is that people are worried about what Microsoft might do after acquiring GitHub. Things like... censoring c
by hmyr0 8y ago
I'm guessing the reason the repository is so popular is that people are worried about what Microsoft might do after acquiring GitHub. Things like... censoring content they disapprove of, for example.
- shawn 8y agoDo you think Microsoft ordered them to remove this repo, or that their existing moderation team did?
- Operyl 8y agoIt seems likely to me that a few people might have reported the issue editing stuff to GitHub, and that could've triggered this honestly.
- philliphaydon 8y agoIf I could figure out how I would report the repo.
- Operyl 8y agoI imagine: https://github.com/contact/report-abuse https://github.com/contact/report-abuse
- walterstucco 8y agoLike GitHub never did it before I moved my projects to Gitlab when they removed their CEO after a false accusations of harassment by a SJW employee and the first act of the new CEO was ditch a rug that sayd 'meritocracy' because SJWs said it was a sign of white privilege in tech That's the kind of culture I cannot stand
- miaklesp 8y agoWorried people are free to choose another service provider. This is just childish show of immature people. Commercial business did commercial M&A with another business. Those people are trying to do outcry for something they never owned.
- kuschku 8y agoIf there was no network effect, sure. But because there is worried people have to make sure enough leave the platform to destroy that network effect.