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Re:Gamification Affects Software Developers: Cautionary Evid... by david_allison on Sunday October 23, 2022 @10:32PM (#33312412)
I don't badge hunt. Others do, and it's worth pointing out the toxicity occasionally.

By staying quiet, we're incentivising the following:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72662385/how-to-merge-a-...

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Re:Gamification Affects Software Developers: Cautionary Evid... by bombolo on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:11AM (#33313434)
He could have just created a second account to farm it by himself.
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Re:Gamification Affects Software Developers: Cautionary Evid... by david_allison on Monday October 24, 2022 @08:24AM (#33315772)
1) That's against the GitHub ToS. Both accounts will be banned and the user will be permanently banned from setting up a new account.

2) Even if it was kosher, how exactly is this improving Open Source?

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Re:Gamification Affects Software Developers: Cautionary Evid... by bombolo on Monday October 24, 2022 @09:53AM (#33316625)
1. Only if they catch you.

2. What does farming weird achievement have to do with freedom?

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