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GitHub bans organizations without warning or explanation

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GitHub bans organizations without warning or explanation

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Post by siamese_puff »

All organizations on my account have now been hidden from public view with no explanation, no response from Github after over a week and a massive red banner on every page I visit that says "Several of your organizations have been flagged. Because of that, these organizations are hidden from the public. If you believe this is a mistake, please contact support to have your organizations’ statuses reviewed."

It doesn't even state which organizations are problematic and why.

What is this shit Github? Have other people encountered this? I have literally no controversial organizations on my profile.

https://x.com/RyanSchachte/status/1757417511451259350?s=20

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Post by photoGrant »

They did the same accidentally to the co-founder

https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/1754610843361362360

Once I'd seen that, I doubled down on my self hosted GitLab and never looked back. GitHub can be a mirror for public good, but it's no castle I want to be a prisoner of.

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Post by siamese_puff »

photoGrant wrote: post #2

They did the same accidentally to the co-founder https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/1754610843361362360 Once I'd seen that, I doubled down on my self hosted GitLab and never looked back. GitHub can be a mirror for public good, but it's no castle I want to be a prisoner of.

I definitely plan on migrating. Absolutely ridiculous

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Post by YetAnotherNick »

photoGrant wrote: post #2

They did the same accidentally to the co-founder https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/1754610843361362360 Once I'd seen that, I doubled down on my self hosted GitLab and never looked back. GitHub can be a mirror for public good, but it's no castle I want to be a prisoner of.

Wow, I really hate the github's response here. They admitted that it shouldn't have been banned but provided no explanation. Mistakes do happen but being not open about it removes any benefit of doubt and portrays fucking up is normal part of operation for them.

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Post by lakomen »

I had that happen as well a few years ago.

Running my own gitea server since then but I heard there was some drama around it so it got forked to forgejo.

Gitlab was just too unfriendly when I wanted some help and wanted too many resources vs gogs at that time.

Because too many are on github it's too big to fail and if you want to report a big you need an account there. I wish I could go completely without it.

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