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In GitHub: how do we block a developer's racist avatar from being displayed?

by pm24601 on 7/20/20, 9:36 PM with 3 comments

Background: When looking a commit chain in github, the committing developer's avatar is displayed. This is a nice feature especially in these remote days.

A former employee has a blackface image as their avatar.

We tried contacting github and we were told how to block the developer. Clearly, an unhelpful answer.

Does anyone here know how to block just former employees from having their avatar displayed?

  • by st3fan on 7/20/20, 9:39 PM

    Why is blocking not helpful? That sounds like exactly what you need to do.
  • by verdverm on 7/21/20, 3:24 AM

    Use some CSS to change it, there are browser extensions to help keep it persistent