No star, No fix
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No star, No fix
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#2I wonder if this goes against github's "no automated starring" policy [0] (that people have been banned for in the past). Maybe "coordinated inauthentic activity" ?
Either way, feels sleazy.
[0] https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-polici...
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#3>understood
iconic
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#4Gaining a permanent reputation for petty authoritarianism, even with contributors who clearly want to help
versus
gaining one (1) point on GitHub
Truly craven that this is coming from an automated bot. The extent to which social media likes have broken peoples' brains is something to behold.
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#5Seems obnoxious without a doubt, and particularly egregious if reporter is bringing/offering a fix. But maybe I should try to be open-minded about this? Issues that provide even badly written bug reports are probably doing a service to the project itself. Feature requests OTOH might just be internet strangers requesting free labor on someone's generously-public yet resource-starved passion project. In the 2nd case, and without speculating on why the project owner would even care.. maybe fake internet points in lieu of other payment is the least people can do. That said though, obviously if everyone does this, it will erode the signal of what stars are supposed to mean. Hmm.
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#6The mean goose avatar for the bot is perfect.
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#7Why the negative sentiment against this? It doesn't cost people anything to star a project. Whether it is a PR or not, the maintainer still had to review and maintain the code and that is time they will spend. The more stars a project gets, the more support it gets. It's not like you pay for stars or it is burdensome to click on the star button.
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#8Why the negative sentiment against this? It doesn't cost people anything to star a project. Whether it is a PR or not, the maintainer still had to review and maintain the code and that is time they will spend. The more stars a project gets, the more support it gets. It's not like you pay for stars or it is burdensome to click on the star button.
How do toy magically get more support if all projects simply demand more stars and get them?
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#9Why the negative sentiment against this? It doesn't cost people anything to star a project. Whether it is a PR or not, the maintainer still had to review and maintain the code and that is time they will spend. The more stars a project gets, the more support it gets. It's not like you pay for stars or it is burdensome to click on the star button.
Because it artificially bloats the star count so that it no longer represents how many people are interested in the project.... Although if you've filed an issue you kind of are invested already
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#10I agree with this. If you use some software (and its author cares about internet points), you can at least give it that star. It's better than paying with money, and if you are requesting a feature it makes even more sense to pay with a single click of a mouse. Show some appreciation, people