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exceptionetoday at 1:11 PM0 repliesview on HN

I think the goal is unclear, but the effect will be that Codeberg will be perceived as less of a real, stable alternative. Breaking in was not in my mind, but that will have the same effect, maybe even more damaging. Now, if that has been the intended effect, I hope I won't have to believe that.

Story time:

I remember that back in the day I had a domain name for a pretty hot keyword with a great, organic position in Google rankings. Then someday it got all of a sudden serious boost from black-SEO, with a bazillion links from all kinds of unrelated websites. My domain got penalized and dropped of from the front page.