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That is what github is heading towards.

by dpeck 6y ago

gnulinux 6y ago
I couldn't figure out how to use github anonymously, so it CANNOT be a social media for me. I want most of my online interactions to be anonymous. That's why I like reddit and HN. That's why I never write anything on facebook. But it's tricky on github. You can only have 1 account. I want some of my side-projects to be linked to my professional persona. I wrote a really good program, I want my interviewer to about this. The other 99% of the code I write outside of work is just fucking around. I don't want to be associated with it. I don't want my employer to know my comments on random PRs on github, because it's none of their business. It's my social life. But github only allows you to have 1 account. My solution to this was to... have an anonymous github account for socializing and a gitlab account under my name. I still haven't done this since I have some code on github under my name, so not quite sure how should I proceed. Export repos, close github, delete account and open a new acct with anon username? I wish github gave more opportunity to anonymize interactions on github. Or at least they allowed 2 account per real-life person.
- jjk166 6y ago
  Just make a github account with a second email address
  - gnulinux 6y ago
    I know I know. I'm just talking about their official policy. Github, gitlab and bitbucket all allow 1 account per person. https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o... > One person or legal entity may maintain no more than one free Account (if you choose to control a machine account as well, that's fine, but it can only be used for running a machine)
    - agensaequivocum 6y ago
      Seems like a ridiculous requirement unless you also require you use your legal name as Facebook does. Also, in my experience, it doesn't seem to be enforced.
      - gnulinux 6y ago
        I don't think it's enforced, but it's easily enforcable. If github sees the same IP address consistently uses 2 accounts they might ban you. Well, maybe they won't, but they can. Do people have multiple github accounts?
        agensaequivocum 6y ago
        There may be more than one person using GitHub from the same residence. I dont't, but I know people who make a new one for each company they work for.
        JCharante 6y ago
        Alternatively you could have a paid professional account and a free account for your personal stuff.
- devchris10 6y ago
  I always thought anonymity and accountability were interesting tensions in a social network. Maybe we allow named accounts with the ability to post anonymous comments or content to other users. But I'd imagine the site admins would need to know this mapping to moderate obscene content.

That is what github is heading towards.

by dpeck 6y ago

That is what github is heading towards.

I couldn't figure out how to use github anonymously, so it CANNOT be a social media for me. I want most of my online interactions to be anonymous. That's why I like reddit and HN. That's why I never write anything on facebook. But it's tricky on github. You can only have 1 account. I want some of my side-projects to be linked to my professional persona. I wrote a really good program, I want my interviewer to about this. The other 99% of the code I write outside of work is just fucking around. I don't want to be associated with it. I don't want my employer to know my comments on random PRs on github, because it's none of their business. It's my social life. But github only allows you to have 1 account. My solution to this was to... have an anonymous github account for socializing and a gitlab account under my name. I still haven't done this since I have some code on github under my name, so not quite sure how should I proceed. Export repos, close github, delete account and open a new acct with anon username? I wish github gave more opportunity to anonymize interactions on github. Or at least they allowed 2 account per real-life person.

jjk166 6y ago
Just make a github account with a second email address
- gnulinux 6y ago
  I know I know. I'm just talking about their official policy. Github, gitlab and bitbucket all allow 1 account per person. https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o... > One person or legal entity may maintain no more than one free Account (if you choose to control a machine account as well, that's fine, but it can only be used for running a machine)
  - agensaequivocum 6y ago
    Seems like a ridiculous requirement unless you also require you use your legal name as Facebook does. Also, in my experience, it doesn't seem to be enforced.
    - gnulinux 6y ago
      I don't think it's enforced, but it's easily enforcable. If github sees the same IP address consistently uses 2 accounts they might ban you. Well, maybe they won't, but they can. Do people have multiple github accounts?
      - agensaequivocum 6y ago
        There may be more than one person using GitHub from the same residence. I dont't, but I know people who make a new one for each company they work for.
        JCharante 6y ago
        Alternatively you could have a paid professional account and a free account for your personal stuff.
devchris10 6y ago
I always thought anonymity and accountability were interesting tensions in a social network. Maybe we allow named accounts with the ability to post anonymous comments or content to other users. But I'd imagine the site admins would need to know this mapping to moderate obscene content.