GitHub Graveyard
In which found are the souls of those that came before us.
Last week i talked about me getting my GitHub account deleted. Since then i haven’t gotten any response on my support ticket. There is still no reason for the deletion available to me.
Just waiting one week is a bit short, admittedly, but during the last week two additional accounts have been suspended. One of them just in the last hour or so that i’ve been writing the (admittedly pretty hideous) gravestones for this graveyard. GitHub has been absolutely ravaging the communities i have been in for no apparent reason. Hopefully this page communicates some of the scale of this issue.
Within these gravestones i tend to hear the same stories all the time
- “I wasn’t informed via E-Mail at all”
- “GitHub support did not respond to me for weeks”
- “Even after my reinstatement i have never been given a reason for the suspension”
I cannot claim that everyone found below is innocent; there are just too many people here to guarantee this. But there is a pattern of bans without reason that get resolved never or after months. There is a pattern of zero accountability towards people with long time good standings. Something is foul here and i implore GitHub to investigate what is happening here.
The Graveyard
Each one of these gravestones represents an account. Some of them have been in use for years or even decades before being banned. You can click on most of the stones to find a little message from the owner enclosed.
I didn’t even notice until recently. They probably have banned me months ago.
Hello world
A GitHub security employee saw my reddit post. Support is swamped dealing with all of these cases — my original support ticket is still open pending support nearly a month later.
This is my second account (the other one being andrewgielow). This one only got shadow banned. Suddenly my PR disappeared and i stopped being able to do anything with my GitHub account.
I found out on the 28th July 2024 and got my account reinstated on the 19th August 2024 after a manual review for malware. TODO: check with ic22487 if this is good for publication. If not, remove from public version and only keep it there
Aug 7th 2024 was my first response from GitHub. Aug 16th 2024 was when my account was reinstated.
This account still hasn’t been reinstated. They told me to close my request and reopen another one. Never gave me a reason or warning.
I don’t think my ban was actually related to mc modding, because it occurred shortly after i changed primary email and a few other account settings. i was unbanned the next day.
Apparently GitHubs spam detecting system have detected my account for a manual scan. After contacting GitHubs general support in addition to the reinstatement request i got that flag removed.
Although i was unbanned 2 hours after creating my appeal request, their formal response was sent on June 21st 2024.
And now?
I will try to contact GitHub about this list. Maybe something will change. Maybe GitHub will stop banning people for participating in modding SkyHanni and NEU. Maybe the root cause for this will be found and will be fixed. Maybe GitHub will not take action at all, and the only thing that will happen is this list getting longer.
If you have been banned relating to SkyHanni, NEU or another project that has been experiencing mass bans like these have, contact me at gh-graveyard@nea.moe.
If you are a GitHub employee trying to get in contact with any of the people on this list, feel free to contact me via that same address.
Contact via E-Mail if you’ve been unjustly banned, especially if you are involved with SkyHanni, NEU or another project that has been experiencing mass ban waves.