A fake GitHub user with 5k followers and more than 50 organizations

by mrsnippets • 5 years ago

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OJFord• 5 years ago

Since the link is just to the user's profile, I think this needs a bit more context to justify the submission title. I.e. how do I know/verify this is 'a fake GitHub user'?

eyelidlessness• 5 years ago

Agree. I mean a quick glance looks suspect but I’m not about to start diving into their activities and repos to see if I think it passes muster.

jmole• 5 years ago

another curious profile linked to this one: https://github.com/johnbampton

Look at all the organizations on this profile, all with images related to fuschia, all with 0 repositories: https://imgur.com/a/OGYUcrI

yashasolutions• 5 years ago

there seems to be a some conversation on going with this user in the issues. (https://github.com/BaseMax/BaseMax/issues/11)

It could be fake, or not. Just like this claim.

I am just wondering what is the added value of such post here at all. Should HN be policing GitHub users?

A fake GitHub user with 5k followers and more than 50 organizations

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