Just noticed a mistake in my original email: "something that we absolutely condone" => "something that we absolutely can't condone"
Best regards, Sytse Sijbrandij CEO GitLab B.V. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Dee Fect <shadowdolla...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to direct you to the TechCrunch article that you said was > biased: > http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/25/gamergate-an-issue-with-2-sides/?ncid=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 > This article is not biased in the least, it talks about what gamergate > actually is. > Also, I have already seen people who have used github in the past, delete > their github accounts because of your choice to remove the content in > question: > https://twitter.com/DiglidiDudeNG/status/518424909664755712 > You are losing customers because of this. I hope you know that. > > > On Monday, October 6, 2014 5:12:12 AM UTC-7, sytse wrote: >> >> Dear GitLab friends, (/cc GitLab-core) >> >> I want to get your opinion on the following. >> >> Yesterday the GamerGate repo was set up at https://gitlab.com/ >> gamergate/gamergate. This repo was removed from other hosting services >> for organized harassment. >> >> In response to questions on twitter (and without informing myself or >> looking at the repo) I indicated that all respectful people are welcome in >> https://twitter.com/gitlabhq/status/518391065037258752 >> >> I didn't see previous discussion about this at Gitorious https://groups. >> google.com/forum/#!topic/gitorious/YX8O-gF1KSw/discussion >> >> I feel very uncomfortable with the whole situation. The repo itself seems >> to call for boycotts (which is something people are free to do). But some >> instructions in the repo are for twitter and email spam via throwaway >> accounts, for example >> gamergate/blob/master/Twitter%20Flooding%20Instructions.md >> "Make a cock.li/Gmail throwaway email address if you don't want your new >> Twitter account to be linked to your main email address. >> Create your new Twitter account, using your new email address if >> appropriate. Also make sure to choose a Twitter username not associated >> with any of your other accounts, to reduce doxxing risks." >> >> Spamming people is not OK as far as I'm concerned and our reason for >> removing this repo, in accordance with our terms: "Termination. Gitlab B.V. >> may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, >> with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately." >> >> The worst thing is that there seems to be systematic harassment of people >> (especially women) by this campaign. If so this is terrible and something >> that we absolutely condone. But I'm not sure what happened or if this is >> related to this repo so this didn't factor into our decision making. >> >> Best regards, >> Sytse Sijbrandij >> CEO GitLab B.V. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GitLab" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/39936f32-04ce-4e82-9503-2c8bd9531842%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/39936f32-04ce-4e82-9503-2c8bd9531842%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitLab" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/CAJTzhG_2uNRPi1NM85zrMOqyUC4GaUr7yh7O3CVpthpS2wF%3DKg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
