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Re:ASCII Clouds by haritha-j on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:59AM (#46614602)
First time I came across this, why does a github account get flaggged?
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Re:ASCII Clouds by ZpJuUuNaQ5 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:02AM (#46614621)
No idea. I submitted a reinstatement request, but I haven't received any response in the past 4 months.
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Re:ASCII Clouds by haritha-j on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:26AM (#46629706)
new fear unlocked.
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Re:ASCII Clouds by dotancohen on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:52AM (#46616083)
GP might be Israeli. I'm tempting fate by posting this, but I know two Israelis whose Github accounts were flagged following the October 7th attacks, and both stated that they know others as well. I don't know what the mechanism of flagging involves, but there are targeted campaigns against some Github (and other social things) users. It's not just one report and then the repo goes down.
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