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Time to reset.","user":{"login":"vassudanagunta","id":2830093,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjI4MzAwOTM=","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/2830093?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta","html_url":"https://github.com/vassudanagunta","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vassudanagunta/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":958167436,"node_id":"MDU6TGFiZWw5NTgxNjc0MzY=","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/labels/PLEASE%20READ%20ASAP","name":"PLEASE READ ASAP","color":"b60205","default":false},{"id":955777354,"node_id":"MDU6TGFiZWw5NTU3NzczNTQ=","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/labels/org%20-%20planning%20-%20strategy","name":"org - planning - strategy","color":"4daa12","default":false}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":22,"created_at":"2018-06-07T21:41:47Z","updated_at":"2018-06-08T09:05:41Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"CONTRIBUTOR","body":"I inadvertently embarked on [a fool's errand](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/108#issuecomment-395339838). @AnaRobynn's [comment](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/91#issuecomment-395043368) captures the conundrum perfectly. He wants (demands) all of the following:\r\n\r\n- **results** *(YES!)*\r\n- **no more Microsoft bashing** *(YES! I wanted to shut [this bashing](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/38) down but it would have required more censorship on my part, the very thing he opposes.)*\r\n- **a free-speech forum**, allowing anyone to disrupt, jam with noise, or otherwise undermine the work, or to usurp this online meeting place for their own agenda *(NOT POSSIBLE if you want results and no bashing).* \r\n- **results within 4 days** *(even more NOT POSSIBLE if you want all of the above).*\r\n\r\nIronically @AnaRobynn's participation exemplifies this. He contributed [8 words](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/44#issuecomment-395046092) towards \"significant results\" and [243 words](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/91#issuecomment-395043368) towards \"bashing\" this effort. \r\n\r\nAs @bakkerme [wrote](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/106#issuecomment-395353066) (my emphasis):\r\n\r\n> Over the weekend I'm going to look at compiling some general resources about moving to other git hosting providers. **This repo has too much attention to be wasted on bickering in the issues.**\r\n\r\nBut again, this is all my fault. I should have known better. Instead I tried to compensate for the above contradictions by employing a heavy-hand on the delete and edit buttons. It was a misguided effort to nip in the bud disruptions and noise, to not let this turn into a platform for detractors, saboteurs, shills, to not let such behavior go without consequence, to not reward such behavior by letting their posts stay visible on a highly visible repo. I didn't like doing it, but felt I had no choice. But I did have another choice. And I'm going to make it now. \r\n\r\n### the original intent \r\n\r\nI created this repo when the acquisition was only a rumor for people and projects who count on an independent GitHub (It's right there in the repo name), to make them aware that the independence was under threat, and to enable them to voice their position via the star button in the slim hope that we might influence the decision.  \r\n\r\nWhen rumor became reality, but the number of new stars kept accelerating, using the repo to host a solutions effort seemed to make sense. It all happened so fast, and I felt I had to make a quick decision, without doing the things I should have done first (like making the rules very clear).\r\n\r\n**It was never meant to be a public forum** to debate the acquisition. But some people assume that just because there's a text box with a `post` button, it implies a free speech public forum, regardless of what's stated in the README or [in the Issue Template](https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md). \r\n\r\nI regret my quick decision now.\r\n\r\n### git reset HEAD^\r\n\r\nTo get things back on track, I've decided to restore this repo back to that original intent. \r\n\r\n1. **Instead of hosting projects here, it will link to them.** \r\n   - **You all can self-organize** and create the kind of project or forum you want, with whatever rules you want *(You've always had this freedom)*.\r\n   - **To those of you who have criticized how I've run things**: This is your chance to show me. I'll expect you to accept all comers, including me, to let all posts stand undeleted, or whatever your expectations of me were. I can link to your project with the words \"Open forum, all opinions, including pro-Microsoft, welcome.\"\r\n2. **Issues will be turned off June 8, 9pm Pacific Time, about 30 hours from this posting.** At that point they and comments will no longer be visible.\r\n   - This should give you enough time to share contact information with those you want to team up with, and to export the work you have done here.\r\n   - If anyone has good reason for needing more time, email me and we'll work something out.\r\n3. **I'll post your project's updates here**. Just email me. Or:\r\n4. **I'll accept patches to this repo itself** the pure git way. Without reliance on GitHub. The GitHub version of the repo will simply be a mirror of a repo not dependent on GitHub. This is also in keeping with our goals.\r\n\r\n## why this is best\r\n\r\n1. It is in keeping with the goals: Get off GitHub.\r\n2. It aligns with a good message: Decentralize.\r\n3. It eliminates the risk of deletion by Microsoft GitHub (You can't `git pull origin` the issues database). The README will eventually get moved to upend.org as well.\r\n4. Many of us had hopes that people would coalesce into teams and we’d rapidly have something to offer. This is the best way to achieve that.\r\n5. Everyone gets what they want, though they don't get it for free anymore. People get the freedom to work on a team with operating principles aligned with their desires (e.g. total free speech vs tight ship)\r\n6. No more dictators (e.g. me). At least not a single dictator.\r\n7. I get to stop deleting posts.\r\n8. I get a break and a decent amount of sleep.\r\n\r\nI'll answer any questions or entertain other ideas you may have below. But it is unlikely I'll change my mind.\r\n\r\nIf you want to debate free speech versus effective organization, I'll be happy to do that. But not here. Feel free to invite me wherever you want to have it.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/comments/395699230","html_url":"https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/114#issuecomment-395699230","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT/issues/114","id":395699230,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDM5NTY5OTIzMA==","user":{"login":"ChrisCates","id":1561091,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjE1NjEwOTE=","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1561091?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates","html_url":"https://github.com/ChrisCates","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChrisCates/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-06-08T09:05:41Z","updated_at":"2018-06-08T09:05:41Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"You are literally policing yourself (and others) on a meme..."}}
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