For some reason, I use Tor Browser and w3m to surf the Internet most of the time. I deleted my GitHub account shortly after Microsoft acquired GitHub back in 2018 and just use RSS (actually, Atom feeds) to receive software updates. I switch to sourcehut as an alternative, though as for a part-time interest-oriented newbie in programming, I do not possess a lot in fortune, hence no financial support for this awesome project.

Recently, I made yet another attempt to apply for GitHub Education, which was rejected three years ago with an “undated” comment (the document I uploaded was indeed not dated, the date was a while ago like a month. So I am not blaming that.) and this time it got approved. As a result, I think I should do something to GitHub community as I promised in my application.

Remember, I use Tor Browser for things like reading documentation, randomly browsing GitHub repo and etc. I only sign in when opening an issue or making a PR. And EVERY TIME, it shows a box to ask you to SIGN UP FOR GITHUB instead of the little Sign in button below. And to make matters worse, the box has a scrollbar and the little button is ALWAYS not present, which means every time I want to sign in, I have to scroll down and click the tiny “Sign in” button among Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account.

The same thing happens when you go to https://github.com, there is always a sign up botton on the upper right corner. And that sign in button never appear unless I maxmize the browser window, which used to be an issue and I’m just accustomed to it. It could be a resolution issue, but they definitely CAN put a “sign in” botton if they already put a “sign up” botton anywhere.

So, GitHub (or whomever it may concern), if you are reading this, stop asking me to sign up. I’ve signed up and fed up.

PS: Please take a look at your email, A LOT of people reply it only to expose their email. The email even makes its way to the spam folder instead of my email inbox since it does not respect some email standards.