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Re: GitHub bans Neovim plugin creator and deletes repos

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The user in question can't actually access his profile or his repos. He's not shadbowbanned, he is actually banned.

> The user in question can't actually access his profile or his repos. He's not shadbowbanned, he is actually banned. "When I log into my account, it's all there, the code, the issues, everything (read: shadowbanned) so once this is resolved it should be seamless for you." "It’s important to note I didn’t lose access to my account, all the repositories are there, issues, pull requests, stars but I’m effectively shado…

Selective reading strikes me once again.

Re: GitHub bans Neovim plugin creator and deletes repos

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The user in question can't actually access his profile or his repos. He's not shadbowbanned, he is actually banned. "When I log into my account, it's all there, the code, the issues, everything (read: shadowbanned) so once this is resolved it should be seamless for you." "It’s important to note I didn’t lose access to my account, all the repositories are there, issues, pull requests, stars but I’m effectively shado…

Selective reading strikes me once again.

Happens to all of us ;-)

Re: GitHub bans Neovim plugin creator and deletes repos

#13

Sad to see that the "ban first, make human contact extremely hard" has now affected GitHub. Hopefully they reverse it, but definitely a sad to see the "open source community" website go this path.

All these antitrust cases and no politician raising this issue.

Re: GitHub bans Neovim plugin creator and deletes repos

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Sad to see that the "ban first, make human contact extremely hard" has now affected GitHub. Hopefully they reverse it, but definitely a sad to see the "open source community" website go this path.

All these antitrust cases and no politician raising this issue.

Those are 2 different things. Political appointees (not the same as politicians) might be in charge of deciding whether to bring antitrust lawsuits, but politicians do not, and in any case these things are mostly worked on by career civil servants.
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