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We're not discussing about private conversation between two friends. I would be offended if a stranger said that to me. Wouldn't you? Of course, I can see that

We're not discussing about private conversation between two friends. I would be offended if a stranger said that to me. Wouldn't you? Of course, I can see that this is done for laughs, but not everyone sees that.

seivan 11y ago
This repository doesn't belong to you. For all intents and purposes this is a private conversation in public. Not to mention going out of their way and report it to the Githapo to have them take it down. This is insane. I'm I the only one who sees the insanity of grown adults shitting their pants over vulgarity?!
- duncan_bayne 11y ago
  > grown adults Now there's an unwarranted assumption if ever I saw one ;)
- hhandoko 11y ago
  It is a false analogy though. If it's just a commit message, then I can see why you would think this construes as a `private` conversation (i.e. message between committers). But, it's also in the README which, by default, the first thing you see when you open up the repository. The better analogy perhaps, is the author is standing with a signboard containing some offensive language in some corner of a public space.
  - malft 11y ago
    A book in a library, perhaps?
    - hhandoko 11y ago
      Yes, and books in libraries can be taken off the shelves for the same reason.
  - hhandoko 11y ago
    Some explanation for the downvotes would be appreciated.
- hhandoko 11y ago
  I'm genuinely curious, why do you take the view that this is a private conversation in public?
  - seivan 11y ago
    It's his/her repo, not being sold, not being advertised, not being linked to specific people e.g harassment. It's not for YOU to care about. It's dongle-joke between two friends in the open. Who the fuck are you to act on that? I don't mean you personally, I mean in general. Don't compare this to racism or hate-crime like someone else did. That's just watering down words.
    - hhandoko 11y ago
      Got the reference to the dongle-gate now, and for the record I don't agree on public shaming. The fact that this got into the HN front page and received hundreds of comments means that some people do care and this is an actual issue(?), censorship or what not. Which is sort of my point. You never know when your repository will become popular for reasons good or bad, but it will reflect on both the author and GitHub. GitHub will probably get the flak either way: for censorship if they try to force the author to change it, or they might be seen condoning the behaviour if they do not do anything. Just an aside. I'd like to think that anything people put on GitHub is going to become somewhat like public record. It will stay there long after the project has been abandoned.

seivan 11y ago

This repository doesn't belong to you. For all intents and purposes this is a private conversation in public. Not to mention going out of their way and report it to the Githapo to have them take it down. This is insane. I'm I the only one who sees the insanity of grown adults shitting their pants over vulgarity?!

duncan_bayne 11y ago
> grown adults Now there's an unwarranted assumption if ever I saw one ;)
hhandoko 11y ago
It is a false analogy though. If it's just a commit message, then I can see why you would think this construes as a `private` conversation (i.e. message between committers). But, it's also in the README which, by default, the first thing you see when you open up the repository. The better analogy perhaps, is the author is standing with a signboard containing some offensive language in some corner of a public space.
- malft 11y ago
  A book in a library, perhaps?
  - hhandoko 11y ago
    Yes, and books in libraries can be taken off the shelves for the same reason.
- hhandoko 11y ago
  Some explanation for the downvotes would be appreciated.
hhandoko 11y ago
I'm genuinely curious, why do you take the view that this is a private conversation in public?
- seivan 11y ago
  It's his/her repo, not being sold, not being advertised, not being linked to specific people e.g harassment. It's not for YOU to care about. It's dongle-joke between two friends in the open. Who the fuck are you to act on that? I don't mean you personally, I mean in general. Don't compare this to racism or hate-crime like someone else did. That's just watering down words.
  - hhandoko 11y ago
    Got the reference to the dongle-gate now, and for the record I don't agree on public shaming. The fact that this got into the HN front page and received hundreds of comments means that some people do care and this is an actual issue(?), censorship or what not. Which is sort of my point. You never know when your repository will become popular for reasons good or bad, but it will reflect on both the author and GitHub. GitHub will probably get the flak either way: for censorship if they try to force the author to change it, or they might be seen condoning the behaviour if they do not do anything. Just an aside. I'd like to think that anything people put on GitHub is going to become somewhat like public record. It will stay there long after the project has been abandoned.