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Careful about leaping to conclusions, we're hearing one side of a story here.

zomglings 6y ago
Thank you, you are right. Felt very powerless in empathy with yg.
syshum 6y ago
While true, it is ageless problem that the faceless large corporation does not give a shit about any indivual user of their system Time and time again we see large companies from all markets only respond when public interest is triggered and more than just the individual user starts to question the actions of the company This is the sad reality we are in, if you tie your work, your income, etc to a large corporation you likely will be screwed at some point unless you can cause a public backlash.
chc 6y ago
"We're hearing one side of the story" seems to be functioning as a thought-terminating cliche here. Everyone knows we're only hearing one side of the story. The comment you're responding to is asking Github to join the conversation, and noting that the information we have so far looks bad for Github. Nobody is suggesting that Github be summarily executed.
jacquesm 6y ago
Sick and tired of the 'both sides' argument to shut down discussion. The simple fact that this is seen as a reasonable way to get the attention of the company involved speaks volumes. The best ones are the ones where they can't tell you anything about your own account for policy reasons that are not spelled out because it may help the spammers/criminals/bogeyman du jour.
smoe 6y ago
Well the problem seems to be that the other side can't be bothered to give their side of the story. Which is not something unheard of when dealing with large companies. If true,that they did not respond, that would be much more worrisome to me than whatever the reason for the ban might have been.
- hinkley 6y ago
  The other side already waived their right to be heard by closing an account... pardon, another account, with zero communication. That was the time to start sharing “your side”.
mcv 6y ago
The fact that Github is not sharing their side of the story is the very thing that people are complaining about.

Thank you, you are right. Felt very powerless in empathy with yg.

While true, it is ageless problem that the faceless large corporation does not give a shit about any indivual user of their system Time and time again we see large companies from all markets only respond when public interest is triggered and more than just the individual user starts to question the actions of the company This is the sad reality we are in, if you tie your work, your income, etc to a large corporation you likely will be screwed at some point unless you can cause a public backlash.

chc 6y ago

"We're hearing one side of the story" seems to be functioning as a thought-terminating cliche here. Everyone knows we're only hearing one side of the story. The comment you're responding to is asking Github to join the conversation, and noting that the information we have so far looks bad for Github. Nobody is suggesting that Github be summarily executed.

jacquesm 6y ago

Sick and tired of the 'both sides' argument to shut down discussion. The simple fact that this is seen as a reasonable way to get the attention of the company involved speaks volumes. The best ones are the ones where they can't tell you anything about your own account for policy reasons that are not spelled out because it may help the spammers/criminals/bogeyman du jour.

smoe 6y ago

Well the problem seems to be that the other side can't be bothered to give their side of the story. Which is not something unheard of when dealing with large companies. If true,that they did not respond, that would be much more worrisome to me than whatever the reason for the ban might have been.

hinkley 6y ago
The other side already waived their right to be heard by closing an account... pardon, another account, with zero communication. That was the time to start sharing “your side”.

mcv 6y ago

The fact that Github is not sharing their side of the story is the very thing that people are complaining about.