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Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by werth »

quadrifoliate wrote: post #199

The only notable thing here IMO is the lack of limits imposed by GitHub on notifications. Apparently a random tag of `@microsoft` in the comments was enough to notify 4000 people [1] as well. I have no idea why the user is even being mentioned in this headline. I haven't used GitHub in a while, and am unfamiliar with orgs and subgroups, but tagging a developer subgroup on a PR seems...a reasonable thing for a new con…

> How is it their fault that the developer subgroup has been hijacked by this organization to mean "Anyone who has ever signed the Terms of Service To View Our Code"?

I was wondering why on earth epic has 400k github accouns. This explains it.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by beefsack »

plus wrote: post #230
YPPH wrote: post #216

Someone else has intentionally submitted another. https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup/pull/26

NSFW warning: Someone has commented on this PR with goatse. Do not click at work.

I just opened the email, didn't need to see that. The image embedded and rendered in Gmail.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by cycomanic »

gnufied wrote: post #60
smcleod wrote: post #18

Anyone could have done this by mistake, all it'd take is being a bit tired and @ing the wrong group. The question is - why doesn't the platform warn you that you're going to send notifications to a large number of people in the same way that many email clients do?

Yeah not sure why calls for getting the poster banned from Github - https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup/pull/24#issuecomment-114... . Seems bit excessive, murphy's law applies. Also the poster is essentially a kid. I would hold my judgement before flaming him fwiw.

The people who call for his ban in that thread should at least be consistent and call for banning themselves as well, because with their reply they just did the same thing.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by pharmakom »

can16358p wrote: post #251
dotancohen wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Purchasing, carrying, and maintaining two devices is expensive, heavy, and tedious. Easy always beats safe. Not to mention that there may be significant overlap between work and play for some people. I code Magento (PHP) during the day and contribute to open source PHP efforts as a hobby. In which environment (work or personal) should my notes and bookmarks be? When I have a company issued laptop I use two machines.…

This. My work and hobby life is completely entwined. I have one powerful machine and micromanage my time by switching between windows of work and leisure. Add the fact that I do coding as work and video editing as a hobby which both need powerful machines, and it would be very stupid, unmanageable, and inconvenient to buy two MacBooks.

Dual boot or at least have 2 users.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by ALittleLight »

cturhan wrote: post #242

That’s not the kiddo’s fault. GitHub should have a feature when you tag a group, it should show how many people will be notified and ask for confirmation. Anyone will be afraid if they see a warning like “This message will notify 400k people. Are you sure?”

Why would GitHub let a random person notify 400k people? Maybe I'm not fully understanding this. I've never really looked into limits around @'ing people. Could I just open a random PR and @EpicGames/developers to notify 400k people just to annoy them? Why doesn't this happen non-stop?

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by tgv »

spinaltap wrote: post #243

Something like this should have happened 5 years ago. I'm surprised it took so long. It's a proof that github users are generally good citizens.

Mostly developers, right? They share a mindset with github's developers. You really need outsiders to test thoroughly. Or fuzzing, of course.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by ALittleLight »

fastball wrote: post #130

Something like this happened at my university a number of years ago. There was a side entrance that was ostensibly for usage by people with bikes (as it was part of the bike storage area), but it was much more convenient than the main entrance and all you had to do to get access was ask at the security desk. So anyway basically everyone on this campus with 10k+ students and more staff had access to the side entrance.…

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