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points by jodrellblank 15 hours ago | 0 comments

No they don't understand that SO owned the messages: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287815 - someone telling StackOverflow to "rest in piss" because another user dared edit "MY TEXT" which is "unacceptable".

[–] rpdillon 11 hours ago

Power and responsibility go together. The power to edit needs to be attached to the responsibility of having your name next to those edits. That person's point isn't about ownership at all, it's about attribution.

[–] GeorgeWBasic 12 hours ago

That person is right to be angry with StackOverflow for that, and another comment explains that StackOverflow was editing their words but still claiming that they them. That can cause reputational damage. StackOverflow should have been sued over that.

[–] saithir 13 hours ago

Presenting CC-BY-SA as "SO owns anything" is an even more terrible lack of understanding.

[–] jodrellblank 12 hours ago

Your comment is low quality; it's an insult, it explains nothing, and the nitpick changes nothing about the point.