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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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