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How do you know that the majority of users don't care? Did you or anybody else run any surveys or was that thought pulled out of your ass? I'm hearing this arg
by bad_user 11y ago
How do you know that the majority of users don't care? Did you or anybody else run any surveys or was that thought pulled out of your ass?
I'm hearing this argument a lot on HN, yet it is never accompanied by numbers and because it's always contrary to my experience. Would you say the same thing about Sourceforge? Of course, there's a difference between piggybacking on the work of others to distribute malware and censoring some words, however there's also similarity. GitHub censoring content means they are not a neutral platform for hosting public repositories and they are showing their potential for becoming the next Sourceforge.
- onion2k 11y agoGitHub censoring content means they are not a neutral platform for hosting public repositories and they are showing their potential for becoming the next Sourceforge. In the same way that because I punched my brother as a child I might go on to be the next Stalin.
- bad_user 11y agoPunching your brother doesn't make you Stalin, but it's still an action you have to apologize for, otherwise you're an asshole, hence my argument.
- onion2k 11y agoAs you say, punching your brother doesn't make you Stalin, just as requesting a repo changes it's name doesn't mean you'll go on to infect all the downloads with malware.