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SourceHut will ban you for being racist too. Or anything the founder thinks seems bigoted enough. [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33418598 https:

SourceHut will ban you for being racist too. Or anything the founder thinks seems bigoted enough. [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33418598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33418598

5560675260 4y ago
Huh, now I regret giving SourceHut money. Looks like self-hosting is only sane, judgment-free option.
bayindirh 4y ago
If GitHub can suspend accounts because of "links on wiki led to sites that contained pictures that didn't align with github's values"[0] (as we have seen with AUTOMATIC1111 [1]), Source Hut can reject service to anyone they want. It's their business and their decision. At least the owner (Drew) is direct and honest about it. We, as consumers have the right to not make business with companies which we don't like, too. I have left GitHub over Copilot issue for example. If you don't agree with views or ToS of Source Hut, don't use it. It's that simple. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34262598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34262598 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34257818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34257818
- gavinhoward 4y ago
  Yeah, sure, but I was just letting other consumers know Drew's position, so they could make their decision about whether to use it or not. I didn't even pass judgment on it in my comment. I made it a simple statement of fact.
  - bayindirh 4y ago
    > I didn't even pass judgment on it in my comment. That's of course true, however only putting SourceHut into the picture like that creates an unintended insinuation[0], like only SourceHut is doing such things. Any and every company will make such decisions about their users, regardless of their size. We all need to keep that in mind. I just wanted to balance your comment, actually. Not to imply that you're pointing fingers or something. On the other hand, I'd rather know who made the decision about an outcome involving me, rather than getting canned e-mail replies churned out by corporate machinery. [0]: https://xkcd.com/641/ https://xkcd.com/641/
    - gavinhoward 4y ago
      > On the other hand, I'd rather know who made the decision about an outcome involving me, rather than getting canned e-mail replies churned out by corporate machinery. This is a great point.

SourceHut will ban you for being racist too. Or anything the founder thinks seems bigoted enough. [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33418598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33418598

5560675260 4y ago

Huh, now I regret giving SourceHut money. Looks like self-hosting is only sane, judgment-free option.

bayindirh 4y ago

If GitHub can suspend accounts because of "links on wiki led to sites that contained pictures that didn't align with github's values"[0] (as we have seen with AUTOMATIC1111 [1]), Source Hut can reject service to anyone they want. It's their business and their decision. At least the owner (Drew) is direct and honest about it. We, as consumers have the right to not make business with companies which we don't like, too. I have left GitHub over Copilot issue for example. If you don't agree with views or ToS of Source Hut, don't use it. It's that simple. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34262598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34262598 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34257818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34257818

gavinhoward 4y ago
Yeah, sure, but I was just letting other consumers know Drew's position, so they could make their decision about whether to use it or not. I didn't even pass judgment on it in my comment. I made it a simple statement of fact.
- bayindirh 4y ago
  > I didn't even pass judgment on it in my comment. That's of course true, however only putting SourceHut into the picture like that creates an unintended insinuation[0], like only SourceHut is doing such things. Any and every company will make such decisions about their users, regardless of their size. We all need to keep that in mind. I just wanted to balance your comment, actually. Not to imply that you're pointing fingers or something. On the other hand, I'd rather know who made the decision about an outcome involving me, rather than getting canned e-mail replies churned out by corporate machinery. [0]: https://xkcd.com/641/ https://xkcd.com/641/
  - gavinhoward 4y ago
    > On the other hand, I'd rather know who made the decision about an outcome involving me, rather than getting canned e-mail replies churned out by corporate machinery. This is a great point.