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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by RodgerTheGreat on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @11:42AM (#12489273)
Positive reinforcement which is perceived as insincere will at best have no effect and at worst be seriously insulting. I can't imagine how an automated system which says vaguely positive things about code that it cannot understand would be seen as anything but insincere.

If you build a system which successfully encourages actual humans to say nice things about one another's code _and mean it_ while incorporating constructive feedback, it would work beautifully, but that is a markedly more challenging problem...

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