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Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by halgir on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:58AM (#21843199)
There's also some amusing issues being reported in response: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3...

> Color themes are offensive to blind (and colorblind) users

> Snowflake doesn't represent people in the southern hemisphere

> Don't add "santa hat" as it's really a coca-cola's santa and I like pepsi more

Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by 2fast4you on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:05AM (#21843223)
Amusing, but I think inappropriate. The VSCode team shouldn’t have to deal with all of the fake issues raised in their repo
Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by halgir on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:22AM (#21843292)
I agree that it's unfair for the VSCode team to have to deal with trolling for trolling's sake. But I imagine many of the fake issues are a form of protest, and a protest is designed to be inconvenient for the sake of raising awareness and making your point heard.

It's like a strike. Is a coal miner's strike "fair" to consumers who are dealt power outages or price hikes? No, but the whole point is to generate inconvenience.

I sympathize with the VSCode team the same way I sympathize with front-line customer support at an airline with striking baggage handlers. But that doesn't make the strike less meritable.

In this way I think the fake reports are like any other market action used to demonstrate dismay with a certain behavior, like strikes, protests or boycotts.

Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by lykr0n on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:08AM (#21843234)
They delt with the Santa hat issue. Some of those issues have just enough merit.

Great example of letting some bullshit slide, other people are going to to want their share.

Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by shantly on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:23AM (#21843296)
They set the precedent by dealing with one already. The saying “don’t feed the trolls” exists for a reason.
Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by Grue3 on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:33AM (#21843338)
They had time to deal with the santa hat issue so clearly they have a lot of free time on their hands.
Re:Santa Hat on VScode Insiders by buboard on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:21AM (#21843288)
haha, the pinned issue is "why can't i file an issue right now"