The saga on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange, and how tech always serves the ruling class.

Right now, on Stack Overflow, Luigi Magione’s account has been renamed. Despite having fruitfully contributed to the network he is stripped of his name and his account is now known as “user4616250”.

This appears to violate the creative commons license under which Stack Overflow content is posted.

When the author asked about this:

As of yet, Stack Exchange has not replied to the above post, but they did promptly and within hours gave me a year-long ban for merely raising the question. Of course, they did draft a letter which credited the action to other events that occurred weeks before where I merely upvoted contributions from Luigi and bountied a few of his questions.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    25•15 hours ago

    A musician needs to write a catchy tune to put the name to so people will remember the numbers.

    • TomAwsmEnglish
      49•15 hours ago

      ♪ 0118 999 88199 9119 725 …3

      • @gaaelEnglish
        6•14 hours ago

        Oh this takes me back! Thanks for the laugh you triggered :)

    • BizzleEnglish
      12•12 hours ago

      0118 999 881 999 119 725… 3

    • Zier
      7•11 hours ago

      “calling user 461-62-50, he’s our dude, what he does is nifty!” :)

    • LucasWaffyWafEnglish
      6•13 hours ago

      Get Vikas Music, he’s based enough to put it to eurobeat.

    • jawa21English
      5•13 hours ago

      It will likely take months, but I’m gonna try. I might give up before it is done, though.

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        5•13 hours ago

        I believe in you. If it isn’t the new 867-5309, hopefully it will at least be the next 6060-842.

          • @[email protected]English
            4•9 hours ago

            Luigi, Luigi, who can I turn to?
            You give me something I can hold onto!
            Things can’t stay the way that they were before
            It’s time to put some villains up on the wall!

            Luigi I got your number!
            I think it’s hero time!
            Luigi don’t change your number!

            Four six one six two five oh!
            Four six one six two five oh!
            Four six one six two five oh!
            Four six one six two five oh!

            Luigi Luigi you’re the guy for me
            Oh, you don’t know me but you make me so happy. I tried to free you but I lost my nerve. I said “nullification” but I got censored

            Luigi I got your number. I think it’s hero time. Luigi don’t change your number

            Four six one six two five oh!
            Four six one six two five oh!
            Four six one six two five oh!
            Four six one six two five oh!

            I got it (I got it) I got it
            Put those assholes on the wall!
            I got it (I got it) I got it
            For the good of, for the good of us all!

            Luigi, Luigi who can we turn to
            (Four six one six two five oh)
            To know our pain, we can always turn to you. (Four six one six two five oh)

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        3•14 hours ago

        Nice and catchy, but it needs to be catchy with more digits. Tommy “Tutone” Heath is still alive. I’m just saying.