mccMay 19, 2025

Discovery: The "copilot" bot user that Microsoft will soon be flooding your github repos with garbage content from is implemented in some sort of special way that exempts it from the "block" feature you would normally be able to block other users/bots with

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749

Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories · community · Discussion #159749

Select Topic Area Product Feedback Feature Area Issues Body I find the following two news items on the front page: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-co...

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@mcc gross gross gross.
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@notthatdelta @mcc

vampires used to have to ask for consent to be let into your house, now when they come best you can tell them is "ask me later" or opt out