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We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11431003 and marked it off-topic.

I'm sad to see that. The subject was arguably right on topic. I get the feeling that it was taken down only because it was inconvenient for someone.

> I get the feeling that it was taken down only because it was inconvenient for someone

It's a tempting feeling to get, and a contagious one, but no—the only inconvenience we care about is that of HN readers who don't want to read tedious flamewars tacked like burning barnacles onto the top comment. I'm kind of glad you said that, though, because usually the sinister implication goes the other way, Gitlab being a YC-funded startup and all.

Speaking of convenience, it's not that inconvenient to scroll down to find the flamewar. Seems like a reasonable balance to me.

How many up votes does that comment have? I want to know how many HNers are so offended by diversity initiatives that they will lobby companies to boycott github.

> The subject was arguably right on topic.

Definitely not, it was two steps further from the topic.

1) It was talking about a competitor's company, which is fine

2) It was talking about a non-technical aspect of the competitor's company

However I would love to see this topic come up more, just not on gitlab's stuff.

Thank you! Definitely offtopic.

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