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Re:Is It Even Worth Working on FOSS Anymore? by danuker on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:19AM (#29673014)
> got me booted from several platforms

This bothers me. Can I get some more detail and drama?

> Today, I don't have a place for that kind of thing

If you want to share your work with close friends, you could use say, self-hosted Gitea or GitLab.

Re:Is It Even Worth Working on FOSS Anymore? by h2odragon on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:42AM (#29673140)
> more detail and drama?

I'm really not certain myself wtf happened. Maybe I just fell victim to my own paranoia. Maybe quoting MLK and supporting an Amish school really are that controversial. Maybe it was the "naked lizards" video game mod.

Since i mentioned it that way, I'll also mention that I've been tempted to resurrect a site for some reason or none simply because up until last year, I had had some online presence continuously since 1994. I keep deciding not to, because I don't want to deal with the inevitable drama of offending someone by existing.

The only host I'd be happy with anymore would be someone leasing me bandwidth and an IP on a common carrier contract; and I'll stack up Pis or scavenged laptops and host horse porn if i feel like it.

Re:Is It Even Worth Working on FOSS Anymore? by fxtentacle on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:25AM (#29673367)
I think I know what you mean.

I was honestly surprised that someone got offended enough to figure out my email and send me insults just because I was lazy and kept the git branches for my network library named "master" and "slave". Plus the main server supports various blacklist command line parameters for IPs, login handles, and ports.

Now the entire project is off Github and on a private Gitea.

Re:Is It Even Worth Working on FOSS Anymore? by danuker on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:51AM (#29673187)
> the inevitable drama of offending someone by existing

I offend, therefore I am!

> and host horse porn i[f] i feel like it.

Sounds like a Tor hidden service might work better for you, for the sole reason that it's harder to shut down.

Re:Is It Even Worth Working on FOSS Anymore? by bigbillheck on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:12AM (#29674198)
> Maybe quoting MLK and supporting an Amish school really are that controversial

Depends on the context.