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We're living with transparent juridical system and it works fine. Imagine that you could be thrown to jail without explaining a reason. That would be outrageous.

>>vbezhe+(OP)
> transparent juridical system and it works fine

Yeah, criminals are always arrested and convicted. /s

It's a balance. With something as essential as human rights and personal freedom, people (tend to) err on the safe side. Online moderation can err on the other side, since consequences are relatively modest. If you get banned on GH, move to Gitlab or host your own, that's hardly a tragedy.

>>toyg+u4
Online moderation is an issue of personal rights.

>>saagar+Mb
Not in the Constitutional sense, and not in anything administered by GitHub.

>>toyg+u4
That is exactly what I do. I use self hosted solutions for my source code repositories. I just can't digest my code being handled by some other entity. Too important.

>>vbezhe+(OP)
1) You can be thrown into jail without any explanation whatsoever.

2) You can be shot without any explanation whatsoever.

3) Your possessions can be taken away, and sold off without any explanation and without recourse.

Links about each of these claims:

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/07/innocent-people-who-plead-gu...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Walter_Scott

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2014/09/11/how-cops... (also applies to, say, cars)

>>vbezhe+(OP)
Are you willing to pay taxes for github usage!? You get what you pay for.

>>FpUser+2p
Amazing that you got downvoted for this. I pay for code hosting precisely because I want to see an ecosystem of code hosts, and monocultures are dangerous.

>>candio+zs
So GitHub should aspire to do the same?

>>endgam+HT
Well I've never downvoted a single post no matter how much I disliked it. Personally I consider this a kind of weakness and the whole system as promoting herd mentality. But whatever floats their boat.

>>koheri+3L
If it guaranteed that the repos stay up in perpetuity, that sounds amazing, actually.

>>pc86+eg
It should be!

>>toyg+u4
Exactly. Screw around and try to game/skirt the law IRL and the risk is way too high that you'll goto jail anyway. There are usually no consequences for doing this online.