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
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.
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.
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 🤦