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Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by matheusmoreira »

what wrote: post #253
matheusmoreira wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have no idea what "slop" is. They don't want to have to define it with any precision. Ironically, these rules will be enforced based on vibes.

They will just put it to user vote, same way all their policy is decided. > The second vote was more controversial, but was also accepted with 358 agreements vs 144 disagreements (and 14 abstentions), with a high voter turn-out of around 50% of active members.

No thanks. I get enough of that bullshit in my own country.

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by aliasxneo »

elictronic wrote: post #136
JuniperMesos wrote: post #15

The fact that Codeberg has the power to do this is a good reason not to host your code on Codeberg. The fact that they have ideological commitments that make them think banning cryptocurrency projects is a good idea is a separate good reason not to host your code on Codeberg. Fortunately Codeberg is a relatively small player and Git forge hosting is fairly competitive and among the easiest types of online service to…

Banning cryptocurrency scams seems like a pretty good reason to use codeberg.

Sounds like a good idea. Too bad that's not what went into the ToS.

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by cush »

kurante wrote: post #133
jdormit wrote: post #107

Wow. I have never worked on any cryptocurrency projects and never intend to, but I will certainly be staying very far away from Codeberg because of this. There are some levels of censorship that make sense for a code forge - “you can’t do crimes on our servers”, “you can’t host malware on our servers”, etc. But inflicting a subjective moral judgement on an entire category of software sends the message that this isn’t…

I strongly disagree: I think this is a perfectly acceptable action. No project is entitled to host their project there, nor is any project compelled to do so, so I don't see why there is any harm in having this instance of Forgejo moderate itself as it sees fit. They have no moral requirement to support all kinds of software. If you disagree with their beliefs, you are free to host your own instance or find a code fo…

It’s bad because it’s subjective. It’s a liability to host anything there now - their opinion of your product category could shift tomorrow… oh wait that already happened

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by hparadiz »

ShinyLeftPad wrote: post #222
zarzavat wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretending to run an inclusive git hosting service for FOSS and then attacking your own users because their code is the wrong type of algorithm isn't politics, it's just being an asshole.

Run your own Codeberg instance with blackjack and hookers, it's open source.

At that point I'm running gitlab. It's better anyway.

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by cush »

trentor wrote: post #26

As with the AI ban this was a community decision done by a majority vote. It seems that most people commenting or writing articles in the last few days don't have a Codeberg account or never visit the forum.

What does it take to get a vote? Could there be some sabotage here?

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by DANmode »

hparadiz wrote: post #258
what wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They will just put it to user vote, same way all their policy is decided. > The second vote was more controversial, but was also accepted with 358 agreements vs 144 disagreements (and 14 abstentions), with a high voter turn-out of around 50% of active members.

[flagged]

High School keeps being funded, though.

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by tkel »

aliasxneo wrote: post #224

https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-ha... It's not like they've been hiding their activism.

Your point is, they should do nothing about targeted hateful spam campaigns against their users? If someone starts flinging shit at your window, and you protested, I'd tell you to sit down and "quit the activism".

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by jaredcwhite »

Fantastic! Codeberg just keeps getting better and better, properly moderating a healthy community which does not welcome the technolibertarian dystopia we've all been suffering through for far too many years now.

I'm not surprised many here are upset. Many here don't seem to understand the outrageous harms that a totally out-of-control tech industry has been foisting upon the planet. It's time to take a stand for a better path forward.

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