GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from Trending

Re:GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from... by hmyr0 on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:34AM (#17245065)

I agree that editing other people's comments isn't the best thing to do, but the README clearly states that those types of comments weren't welcome.

In addition, serious opinions like issue #60 weren't edited, only issues like #77, which literally said:

"Dear Beef, Beef. Thanks, Beef" -- https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/7...

EDIT: ... and IMO calling an obvious troll a "troll" isn't defamatory. What GitHub is doing is clearly censorship, nothing short of it.

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Re:GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from... by matheusmoreira on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:57AM (#17245194)

Wait a second. Repository owners can edit people's comments on their issue tracker? That's insane.

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Re:GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from... by kingosticks on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @04:05AM (#17245228)

Yes, normally to fix the formatting when they post long sections of code/logs which are otherwise very difficult to read. And not just repo owners either.

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Re:GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from... by Operyl on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @04:06AM (#17245234)

It's usually not abused, and when it is the moderation team will step in like shown here. It works pretty well.

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Re:GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from... by ayekat on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:05AM (#17263248)

Posts that have been modified are well visibly labeled as "Edited", together with a history of changes, so there is no "sneak-editing".

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Re:GitHub removes IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT repository from... by Operyl on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:35AM (#17245069)

Perhaps. Close them and lock the issue, don't join the same "trolling" fashion.

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