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And once asked a clear question, the developer advocate deflects and stops answering: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#issuecomment-5476

And once asked a clear question, the developer advocate deflects and stops answering: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#issuecomment-547620810 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss...

Someone1234 7y ago
Did you link to the right thing? That isn't a deflection, they're asking permission to sideline the issue on uBlock's issue tracker into a discussion about Chrome/Chromium's extension policies, which incidentally they didn't get a clear answer to. > I also don't want to hijack this without the project's permission. @gorhill & contributors, do you mind having this discussion here or would you prefer if we moved it elsewhere? I haven't really been following this issue, but I did read the linked reply, so I may be missing some bigger context.
- omnifischer 7y ago
  Would be nice if any hn-reader mediates between the two sides.
  - dsr_ 7y ago
    Mediation is for two sides having a reasonable difference of opinion. In Google's corporate opinion, Google's ads must not be blocked. In everyone else's opinion, all ads must be blockable at a user's option. That's not a difference that can be mediated.
- dessant 7y ago
  That's the correct link, and it is deflection. When developers tell you that the extension review process is so unfair that it feels like bullying [1], and ask you what changes do you plan to introduce to prevent this, the least you can do as a developer advocate is to briefly answer the question, then open a thread on Google Groups and invite people there to continue the discussion. What they did was to introduce a break in the discussion. Most people subscribing to that GitHub issue, which was trending on HN [2], will not start monitoring Google Groups for any new discussion that may take place, which reduces the likelihood that there will be enough people pressuring them to give clear answers. [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#issuecomment-546724468 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21233041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21233041

Someone1234 7y ago

Did you link to the right thing? That isn't a deflection, they're asking permission to sideline the issue on uBlock's issue tracker into a discussion about Chrome/Chromium's extension policies, which incidentally they didn't get a clear answer to. > I also don't want to hijack this without the project's permission. @gorhill & contributors, do you mind having this discussion here or would you prefer if we moved it elsewhere? I haven't really been following this issue, but I did read the linked reply, so I may be missing some bigger context.

omnifischer 7y ago
Would be nice if any hn-reader mediates between the two sides.
- dsr_ 7y ago
  Mediation is for two sides having a reasonable difference of opinion. In Google's corporate opinion, Google's ads must not be blocked. In everyone else's opinion, all ads must be blockable at a user's option. That's not a difference that can be mediated.
dessant 7y ago
That's the correct link, and it is deflection. When developers tell you that the extension review process is so unfair that it feels like bullying [1], and ask you what changes do you plan to introduce to prevent this, the least you can do as a developer advocate is to briefly answer the question, then open a thread on Google Groups and invite people there to continue the discussion. What they did was to introduce a break in the discussion. Most people subscribing to that GitHub issue, which was trending on HN [2], will not start monitoring Google Groups for any new discussion that may take place, which reduces the likelihood that there will be enough people pressuring them to give clear answers. [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#issuecomment-546724468 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21233041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21233041