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I used to have an email similar to ps@qs.com, and would get a fair amount of email suggesting people would use that as their made up email. In a similar vein I’d like to apologise to knobs@bobs.com for the amount of captive portal spam you receive on my behalf
I have @prepend on github and get attend a few times and it’s kind of fun and random as it’s always coding related stuff and random code is still interesting to me.
Sadly, my common gmail gets accidentally emailed a few times a week and is now boring.
I used to work at Realm (the mobile database company). In order to keep an eye on what was going on, there was a Slack integration that reposted any mention of @realm on Twitter. One morning, we woke up to a #twitter channel full of very nearly porn. Young men, scantily dressed, flexing their abs and flashing smiles at the camera. Turns out someone added a bot on Twitter that would repost things from Instagram to Twi…
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I am unsure how society is "made worse" On the contrary, this is playful, it is not evil or abusive. also helps keep companies on their toes. Changing someone's username without notifying them AND consent should be frowned on. Taking a large company to small claims will not make the company worse or hurt anyone. Most of the time it is helpful and sometimes brings about the creation of needed regulations. It is feedba…
I agree with providing feedback to companies, and sometimes the court is the correct avenue. You raise a good point about how that can help to further everyone's interests. I just think that there is often a solution that's less painful for both sides before going to court. I suppose if you're dealing with a large company that has lawyers on staff but doesn't care about user support, then this is a good avenue. Small…
I mentioned in a different comment how Github's policy and terms of service has no mention of changing an account's username with or without notice. Unless they can prove that they are "squatting" by holding an username considered "inactively held for future use." It is inappropriate behavior for Github to do this to OP.
I also mentioned to talk to support first but I failed to mention why. Instead my comment made it seem as though OP should immediately sue them. I do not condone that kind of behavior and would have edited my earlier comment to reflect this after some of the comments made it clear I made a mistake.(I can not edit it now)
Thank you for bringing this to my attention and grateful for your understanding. Hopefully I can leave this comment behind me as it seems to have run its course.
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and you'll be suing them for what exactly?
It will be done in arbitrage before anything like that. It is perfectly ok to sue a business for inappropriate actions that are not clearly stated or wrongfully done. After closely reviewing Github's policy and terms of service. They do not state they will change your username(with or without notice). Unless the account is "inactively held for future use." I highly doubt OP had been inactive enough to be considered a…
unless you've paid them (which @usernamex doesn't seem to), then there's not even a contract with them
they will call your bluff, you'll go to court, then you'll lose and you'll have their legal fees to pay
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I have no great fondness for big tech companies, but equally I do believe that society is made worse by people who behave like this.
I am unsure how society is "made worse" On the contrary, this is playful, it is not evil or abusive. also helps keep companies on their toes. Changing someone's username without notifying them AND consent should be frowned on. Taking a large company to small claims will not make the company worse or hurt anyone. Most of the time it is helpful and sometimes brings about the creation of needed regulations. It is feedba…
That is a bad choice of words.
I will see you in court.
(See- joking about going to court is playful. Actually going to court is not)
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I am unsure how society is "made worse" On the contrary, this is playful, it is not evil or abusive. also helps keep companies on their toes. Changing someone's username without notifying them AND consent should be frowned on. Taking a large company to small claims will not make the company worse or hurt anyone. Most of the time it is helpful and sometimes brings about the creation of needed regulations. It is feedba…
> Playful That is a bad choice of words. I will see you in court. (See- joking about going to court is playful. Actually going to court is not)
OP should talk to support and get Github communicate with the public more clearly through their policy/terms of service about forcing username changes with or without consent.
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My ID is #2,715,751 and I still somehow have a 5-letter username
Mine is 23000ish and I still couldn't get "Stavros" (a friend got it first). EDIT: Wait, how? His ID is 500k or so. Hmm.