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0 pointsphantomathkg1mo ago0 comments

This means someone with tons of money can spam anyone repo, while the lower income people cannot raise as many PR or speak as much as the filthy rich.

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johnnyanmac1mo ago

The incentives are way off too. Now you have a financial incentive as a maintainter to throw out normally well meaning PR's as "bad".

judahmeek1mo ago

...which is balanced out by all the other incentives that have the maintainer currently contributing unpaid time & effort.

johnnyanmac1mo ago

I don't think those are are valued as we think they should be. Hence this whole system to begin with.

collingreen1mo ago

Which is true now as well, but at least the cost is more than zero

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0 pointsphantomathkg1mo ago0 comments

This means someone with tons of money can spam anyone repo, while the lower income people cannot raise as many PR or speak as much as the filthy rich.

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johnnyanmac1mo ago

The incentives are way off too. Now you have a financial incentive as a maintainter to throw out normally well meaning PR's as "bad".

judahmeek1mo ago

...which is balanced out by all the other incentives that have the maintainer currently contributing unpaid time & effort.

johnnyanmac1mo ago

I don't think those are are valued as we think they should be. Hence this whole system to begin with.

collingreen1mo ago

Which is true now as well, but at least the cost is more than zero

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