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Github vs. Email Aliases (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by mrshy@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Github dislikes email "aliases" so much that they will shadow ban your otherwise normal activities for months, and once flagged, support will request not only a "valid" email domain but also that you remove the "alias" email from the account completely.

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[–] hydrogen@lemmy.ml 32 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I had the same issue with my Anonaddy alias, I just made an alias using my domain name and works fine now. It's unfortunate that so many project are on shithub.

[–] electricprism@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fuck Microsoft for buying GitHub. As expected they have made good into garbage.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago

GitHub was proprietary, venture-capital, Ruby sludge before Microsoft. They’d either way aim to be bought or be the next Microsoft.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah all the email addresses on my domain name are just aliases. Dont tell github

[–] mrshy@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I gave them an generic "alias" through a more mainstream service than silomails, we'll see if that pacifies them.

[–] carzian@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Same experience here