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Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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post #162

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> Also, no one is going to care in a day. You should ask Sumit Bhatia about that. ;)

Is there a word for a statement which inadvertently supports the opposing position in a debate?

Freudian burn? idk, but yes very good observation

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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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?”

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Regardless of the mass notification or a bad quality PR - you don't just remove someone from a major internet platform like this, it's an inhumane response to someone making a mistake. Not to mention it's just a notification, who really cares unless it happens all the time which is just more of an argument to fix the platform behaviour. Some people are so high and mighty.

If it's possible for somebody to unintentionally piss off hundreds of thousands of people, that's not the person's fault. It's the system's. The internet allows proliferation of information at scale and speeds that can be disasterous if left unchecked

Why do people get so easily pissed off? Can't you just ignore the email?

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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There are quite a few other, uh, interesting PRs for that repo. https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup/pulls https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup/pull/10/files https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup/pull/18/files What is going on?

It's just very common GitHub spam/abuse. Suspect these are automated accounts trying to look legitimate by doing legitimate-ish things (e.g. cryptocurrency mining via PRs that require one-time approval).

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

#248
This at tagging thing is sorta dumb anyway. Its a bandaid on the lack of reasonable user notification add/remove controls.

I made the mistake a few months back of saying something like "and if you use our @corp.com email address the internal filter does X", and the stupid "chat" program proceeded to ignore the .com part and notify the entire company of a small tech discussion on my team.

Cute.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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post #133
post #120

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Unreal engine is open source but in a private GitHub repo. Anyone can link their GitHub account with their epic games account which adds them to the team.

Unreal engine is source-available with a royalty based license for commercial use. Just to avoid any confusion with "open source" and "Open Source"

Wait what? I never knew "open source" was different from "Open Source"
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