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.

    • Gormadt
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      23 months ago

      Very well said, I hope you don’t catch a ban for this comment.

    • katy ✨
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      -33 months ago

      comparing luigi to the civil rights movement and black civil rights leaders is wild… and grossly offensive.

      • @zeca@lemmy.eco.br
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        3 months ago

        people being offended by comparisons is something that puzzles me every time i see it.

        One common trait between two things is enough to make an analogy. The differences between the objects being compared doesnt hinder the argument as it is based on the similarities alone.

        • katy ✨
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          03 months ago

          the problem is more comparing a privileged rich white kid to black civil rights leaders

          • @zeca@lemmy.eco.br
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            53 months ago

            Pointing that A is like B regarding the aspect X is often treated as a “comparison” between A and B, but it doesnt imply that A is as great, as important, or as bad as B. It doesnt imply that A is like B in any way other than in the aspect X.

            Why not focus on the point that is being made instead of freaking out over the angles from which the analogy breaks down. Every analogy breaks down from some angle.

      • @madcaesar@lemmy.world
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        33 months ago

        The fact that OP took time to explain everything to you, and you choose to focus on such nonsense instead of seeing the whole picture presented to you shows you have no intention of learning or growing.