Re:A notable JavaScript developer shamelessly copied one of ...
by deckard1 on Sunday September 26, 2021 @01:42PM
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> not about who has the most stars on GitHub?
It's the Instagram-ification of the open source world. All of the feedback and social signaling mechanisms are there. Likes, stars, followers, and charts of "contributions". It's just an extension of LinkedIn for many people.
Let's not forget the DigitalOcean Hacktoberfest debacle a few years ago. I still stumble upon repos with pull requests that contain nothing more than a single character change to a README. Just for a stupid SWAG t-shirt.
It's the Instagram-ification of the open source world. All of the feedback and social signaling mechanisms are there. Likes, stars, followers, and charts of "contributions". It's just an extension of LinkedIn for many people.
Let's not forget the DigitalOcean Hacktoberfest debacle a few years ago. I still stumble upon repos with pull requests that contain nothing more than a single character change to a README. Just for a stupid SWAG t-shirt.