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The erasure of Luigi Mangione (substack.evancarroll.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by dexa_scantron@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

Right now, on Stack Overflow, Luigi Magione’s account has been renamed. Despite having fruitfully contributed to the network he is stripped of his name and his account is now known as “user4616250”.

This appears to violate the creative commons license under which Stack Overflow content is posted.

When the author asked about this:

As of yet, Stack Exchange has not replied to the above post, but they did promptly and within hours gave me a year-long ban for merely raising the question. Of course, they did draft a letter which credited the action to other events that occurred weeks before where I merely upvoted contributions from Luigi and bountied a few of his questions.

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[–] menemen@lemmy.world 3 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

I am a little tired of the idea that "tech" is something extraordinary. Capitalists in a capitalist society will do all evil to fulfill their goal, t3ch or no tech. You could use the same sentence in everything in this society. Even: "... and how green energy always serves the ruling class."

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Reducing someone to a number has never backfired in a revolutionary way. Just ask prisoner 24601

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 7 points 2 hours ago

In this century, there could never be an Anne Frank. Thank social networks.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I had 40k points on SO though I no longer contribute. Stackexchange is basically dead because it's a for-profit with very poor direction and LLMs basically made the entire thing obsolete relative to the monetary growths it needs to be sustainable. Understandably they can't attract any attention like this as they're 🤏 from going under.

I feel a bit sad for stackexchange but they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. I think stackexchange has their days numbered tho so this is realy not all that relevant. Give them a year or two tops

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's sad because Stack Exchange came out because Experts Exchange sucked. And now they also suck.

In the day of AI, will we ever have a new alternative?

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago

Yeah I doubt it tbh. I loved my time with stackoverflow and it landed me jobs and friends but I'm quite bullish when it comes IT and AI. It's not replacing devs yet but definitely replacing q&a, debugging tools, code reviews etc already/soon.

I hope we'll have some open social coding experience like SO but trends seem to point towards more private stuff like coaching, bookcamps, shitty discord servers etc. as that's the only thing that can be funded sustainably.

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm Spartacus!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

Lol @ the "Ross Ulbrecht requested that we keep his username" bullshit.

Oh ok, guys, nevermind. It's not a big deal because the criminal requested that we keep their username...

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 42 points 10 hours ago

Stack being weird and toxic I'm shocked, shocked I tell you

[–] SoftTeeth@lemmy.world 73 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 42 points 11 hours ago

“Trickle down economics only occurs when the wealthy bleed.”

Similar, and appropriate. The working class will only benefit once the wealthy are no longer wealthy.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 46 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

Assigning to a number like they do prisoners.

Disgusting behaviour from Stack Overflow and the perpetrators.

[–] yabai@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

He's user number 24601 as far as I'm concerned

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago
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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 14 hours ago (12 children)

As of yet, Stack Exchange has not replied to the above post, but they did promptly and within hours gave me a year-long ban for merely raising the question.

Laws mean nothing anymore. Therefore licenses mean nothing. Therefore ownership means nothing, and "theft" no longer exists.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 26 points 12 hours ago

Therefore ownership means nothing, and “theft” no longer exists.

WOAH WOAH WOAH... hold on there Circuitfarmer (checks clipboard) It says here you're not nearly affluent enough to circumvent the law... we'll be keeping a close eye on you... --BB

[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I managed to convince my brother in law by using the wrongful death case of Kanokporn Tangsuan as an example. Framed it as his moral responsibility to never sign up for any digital media ever again since he has a family. I pointed him to a few resources to sail the high seas and he's got his high seas pc hooked up to his TV and cancelled all his subscriptions. I'm so proud.

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[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 90 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

“No wars but class wars” as true today as when Trotsky said it many decades ago. Not sure how anyone cannot see this very, very clear fact, made self evident by the treatment of Luigi and the composition of the upcoming administration and its supporters.

But every other commoner that sees it needs to take according measures.

Culture is not our friend.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 104 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (10 children)

Apropos of nothing, this was an article about substance from a year ago:

Substack faces user revolt over anti-censorship stance on neo-Nazis

Fuck substack.

Shit, this article is about stack overflow, not substack. Too early, but still fuck substack.

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[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 122 points 19 hours ago (16 children)

By this logic, everyone charged (not convicted, just charged) should have their accounts and submissions changed in the same manner as Luigi's.

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