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I don't think Github is honor-bound to let people use their service to be divisive or hurtful (and it is hurtful to make a joke that boils down to "you people s

I don't think Github is honor-bound to let people use their service to be divisive or hurtful (and it is hurtful to make a joke that boils down to "you people sound so ridiculous when you're asking for fair treatment"). They have a great niche as a venue for technical collaboration; they're not obligated to also be Reddit.

fennecfoxen 13y ago
There are lots of things which have been alleged to be "divisive and hurtful" in the world. Should all of those be removed from GitHub (including Github Pages)? As an example, take former congressman Todd Akin. He opined some pretty ridiculous opinions about biology and "legitimate rape". Many found those opinions divisive and hurtful. Suppose that he set up a Github Pages account to use for a hypothetical 2014 election campaign, and repeated his opinion on that site. Should GitHub take his site down on principle as well? How about if he didn't repeat that particular opinion, but did post information supporting the same policies that he supported as a result of that opinion?