FOfokinsean·Jun 6, 2018
I think this is the repo referred to in the tweet.
https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT
In GitHub now censoring repos critical of the Microsoft acquisitionupend
IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT
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IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT
GitHub has sold us out. Time to get out.
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Observed mentions: 2018-06-02 04:25:29 UTC to 2018-06-06 21:52:13 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 2, 00:00 | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-02 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2, 06:00 | 2018-06-02 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-02 12:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2, 12:00 | 2018-06-02 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-02 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2, 18:00 | 2018-06-02 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 00:00 | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-03 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 06:00 | 2018-06-03 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-03 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 12:00 | 2018-06-03 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-03 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 18:00 | 2018-06-03 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 00:00 | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-04 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 06:00 | 2018-06-04 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-04 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 12:00 | 2018-06-04 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-04 18:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jun 4, 18:00 | 2018-06-04 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 00:00 | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-05 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 06:00 | 2018-06-05 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-05 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 12:00 | 2018-06-05 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-05 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 18:00 | 2018-06-05 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 6, 00:00 | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-06 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 6, 06:00 | 2018-06-06 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-06 12:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jun 6, 12:00 | 2018-06-06 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-06 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 6, 18:00 | 2018-06-06 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesI agree that editing other people's comments isn't the best thing to do, but the README clearly states that those types of comments weren't welcome.
In addition, serious opinions like issue #60 weren't edited, only issues like #77, which literally said:
"Dear Beef, Beef. Thanks, Beef"
-- https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/7...
EDIT: ... and IMO calling an obvious troll a "troll" isn't defamatory. What GitHub is doing is clearly censorship, nothing short of it.
In GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from TrendingGitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from Trending
75 points · Open discussionUpend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT: This Is the GitHub Evacuation Center
3 points · Open discussionI'm no MS fan (although my opinion has changed relatively recently from "Ew gross" to "Hm").
But knee-jerk reactions always bother me, regardless of which side of the aisle they're from.
In this spirit, to counter sites like https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT, there's now a MEH side of the argument, in hopes of fostering at least some reasonable discussion.
Issues filed on MEH may (or may not) be merged into the main README and PRs will be reviewed and merged (or not) as seems reasonable.
I'd rather have an actual discussion rather than just MS IS ALL TEH BADS because ultimately they're not all teh bads.
They have a lot of unfortunate history to contend with.
In MS and GH: MEHGitHub has sold us out. This is the GitHub Refugee Camp
1 points · Open discussion