lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoStack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPTwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down14
arrow-up1345arrow-down1external-linkStack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPTwww.tomshardware.comlemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·4 months agoGood luck with the deleting. It often just means UPDATE comments SET is_deleted = 1 WHERE ID = 666;.
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoThey are not deleting, they are editing. So the platform would have to undo those edits rather than just flipping the visibility flag.
Good luck with the deleting. It often just means
UPDATE comments SET is_deleted = 1 WHERE ID = 666;.They are not deleting, they are editing. So the platform would have to undo those edits rather than just flipping the visibility flag.
And they are. 😞