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1. nixgeek · 1790272686 · focus · HN ↗

   I see OP edited their post claiming getting to HN's front helped.

   I think the likelihood GitHub did something within 10 minutes of a post appearing on HN's front page is approximately zero.

   Nobody in GitHub Trust & Safety is sat there watching HN.

   An executive or communications professional who might have heard it got on HN, or seen it appear in a tool monitoring Microsoft and GitHub's mentions across the internet, and who then flagged the post, Trust & Safety would probably spend *more than 10 minutes* noticing the email or Teams message, then trying to find the right ticket internally. Then after locating the ticket you still have to investigate the facts, discuss, and click buttons to ban/delete the user.

   It's (much) more likely this sat in a queue until someone got to it and the timing of it being on HN is a complete coincidence.

   1. joe_the_user · 1790284326 · focus · HN ↗

      the timing of it being on HN is a complete coincidence.

      The lengths people will go to "never attribute to malice..." are pretty impressive in these days of baldly stated or visible malice from the top.

      1. RunSet · 1790348912 · focus · HN ↗

         The last decade has taken the edge off Hanlon's razor.

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