Re:What happens when GitHub decides you're not a human
by mekicha on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:17PM
(#14311264)
It would be interesting to know how the 'harmless' bot came to that conclusion. On a serious note, I do entertain the fear of losing my work or files on a service because of some arbitrary decision by whoever. Knew a case of someone who had her blogger account shut down due to a complaint against her that turned out to be false.
Re:What happens when GitHub decides you're not a human
by arkitaip on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:36PM
(#14310953)
It's even worse when Google starts doubting your identity. These days, their Recaptcha system annoys me on multiple sites, sometimes asking me to solve 4-5 different puzzles.
Re:What happens when GitHub decides you're not a human
by type0 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @02:53AM
(#14314263)
> It can happen multiple times, even after your account was restored.
This is actually most concerning. Although I understand that there is such a thing as selling legitimate accounts to spammers the fear of getting falsely flagged again makes me cautious of using their service to anything mission critical.
> It would be interesting to know how the 'harmless' bot came to that conclusion.
If you copy paste a bunch on their website their bot might think you're spamming (my own experience).
It can happen multiple times, even after your account was restored.
This is actually most concerning. Although I understand that there is such a thing as selling legitimate accounts to spammers the fear of getting falsely flagged again makes me cautious of using their service to anything mission critical.