Right - I see the other topic has been locked / author hasn’t returned to follow community rules.

Here’s the original topic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003386

and a measured (IMHO) response to it. (BTW, do your self a favour and change tabs with that site open :)

https://マリウス.com/i-regret-migrating-to-codeberg/

It’s a tough spot, Codeberg has found themselves in and I wish them luck. But beyond that, this is (yet) another reminder that in 2026, if you don’t self host it, the cloud is just someone else computer

  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    1 day ago

    The decisions did go through Codeberg’s own Assembly 2026, which is more process than most platforms bother with, and yet as an ordinary user I found out about it the way probably most people else did, through a dark blue banner at the top of the site on the day it was already settled.

    I did not even get to know about this that way. Only now, a month later from some backyard forum.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
      101·
      1 day ago

      Why would you, unless you are a member of Codeberg e.V. with voting rights? If you just use a gratis account on their platform, then you are just a guest they tollerate as long as you don’t become too smelly.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Why would you, unless you are a member of Codeberg e.V. with voting rights?

        because as a user I may be affected by the rule. if you want people to follow your rules, not just to punish selectively based on them, you let everyone affacted know that you made a rule. because otherwise people won’t know the rule, and won’t follow it. and then you are an asshole if you complain that people didn’t follow rules they didn’t know were made.

        • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
          1·
          11 hours ago

          Yes, that’s why they put up a big banner informing everyone after they decided on the ToS change.

          I really get the feeling there are a bunch of people here commenting that have never even visited Codeberg even once 🤦