People are getting paid to open a PR on open source repositories to generate traction, I think this is genius but I can understand why it might feel odd for some. See Sophie Albert's tweet :
https://twitter.com/sophiebits/status/1193686558206877696
Ask HN: Are we really getting into the “GitFluencers” era?
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#2Come on
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#3I think this is the most direct way to increase visibility on a project.
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#4If you knew someone was getting paid to open PRs on projects they normally wouldn’t, why would you keep following them?
The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.
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#5If you knew someone was getting paid to open PRs on projects they normally wouldn’t, why would you keep following them? The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.
> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.
It's a joke
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#6If you knew someone was getting paid to open PRs on projects they normally wouldn’t, why would you keep following them? The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.
> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless. It's a joke
Is it? The reply seems to nail it down.
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#7If you knew someone was getting paid to open PRs on projects they normally wouldn’t, why would you keep following them? The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.
> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless. It's a joke
It certainly is, but not an intentional one
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless. It's a joke
Is it? The reply seems to nail it down.
It is, the reply is just the original tweeter continuing the joke. https://twitter.com/jdan/status/1193871077790932993
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless. It's a joke
It certainly is, but not an intentional one
I suggest you read his latest reply, I'm honestly not sure how it would be misinterpreted as being serious
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#10Great term coinage. Seems we are. I'm not even surprised although this is the first time I've heard of this happening. Getting people to pay attention is hard.