Re:GitHub: Private Profiles beta
by jreese on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:46PM
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It also sucks when terrible people abuse public profiles to harass and intimidate people. Privacy should always be an option for those who want or need it, otherwise we indirectly force marginalized people out of these spaces entirely.
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Exactly.
As someone who's been subject to harassment based on info on the github profiles, this couldn't have come soon enough. Prior to this my only other option was deleting my account but if I did that the name would have been instantly re-registered by the harassers and used to impersonate me for harassment purposes.
well social networks are per se public profiles
if make your whole profile private this would exclude you from the network
Re:GitHub: Private Profiles beta
by JoshTriplett on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:01PM
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GitHub is first and foremost a development platform, not a social network. People should always have the option of opting out of "social network" features.