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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by distcs on Friday July 14, 2023 @07:17AM (#36722280)
I'm no fan of Lobsters. So I've no skin in the game. But it is one thing to say that those people you wrote about in your comment were banned for spamming and it is a totally different thing to say that they were banned for sockpuppetting (when they were not). The former is correct representation of what's there in the mod logs. The latter is a blatant misrepresentation of the mod logs. This misrepresentation is misleading to unsuspecting readers.

After seeing such wilful blatant misrepresentation, forgive me if I'm having difficulty just taking your word for it.

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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by jart on Friday July 14, 2023 @07:21AM (#36722302)
Perhaps your feedback would be better directed to blueflow, because I was responding to their personal take?
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by BitterAmethyst on Friday July 14, 2023 @10:07AM (#36724231)
Given things she's said in the past it's probably best if you take her word on very little.

https://valleywag.gawker.com/why-does-google-employ-a-pro-sl... https://www.dailydot.com/debug/occupy-wall-street-supports-g...

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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by supriyo-biswas on Friday July 14, 2023 @10:44AM (#36724719)
I’m left speechless after reading the first article, as well as seeing the misrepresentation of the comment thread (she was replying to me, not blueflow…)

I must say, I respect her a good deal less than I used to.

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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by blueflow on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:29PM (#36727122)
Don't fall for hit pieces abusing sarcastic pieces of text. Anyone could write a hit piece about you.
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by IAmNotACellist on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:30PM (#36766164)
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=36766152
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by paulclinger on Friday July 14, 2023 @10:33AM (#36724568)
> But it is one thing to say that those people you wrote about in your comment were banned for spamming and it is a totally different thing to say that they were banned for sockpuppetting (when they were not).

How can I be legitimately banned for spamming when I made zero comments or posts? I rarely post or comment, so did not get a chance, but I was glad to join the community.

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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by distcs on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:19AM (#36725243)
I don't know the specifics but looks very much like collateral damage. Sorry if that's the case. Looks like her whole invite tree became suspect and the mod removed her whole invite tree. Not justifying what they did but seems like a mistake. Talking to the mod should resolve it.
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by jart on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:42AM (#36725601)
How do we do that? Lobsters has no contact information I could find. I'm happy to change my invite habits so there's a higher bar going forward.
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by distcs on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:07PM (#36725935)
#lobsters on Libera.Chat IRC

https://lobste.rs/chat

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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by blueflow on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:35PM (#36727220)
If you get banned due to another user spamming, you are assumed to be a sockpuppet, even if the moderation log doesn't explicitly say it.
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by pushcx on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:10AM (#36735849)
This is not the case. (For context, I am the admin responsible for the bans.) I left a longer comment in response to the original misunderstanding to explain what happened here.
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Re:Patching GCC to Build Portable Executables by distcs on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:52AM (#36755678)
Anyone trying to find where the longer comment is, it's here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36735833
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