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Re:Vouch by phantomathkg on Monday February 09, 2026 @02:50AM (#46942686)
This means someone with tons of money can spam anyone repo, while the lower income people cannot raise as many PR or speak as much as the filthy rich.
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Re:Vouch by collingreen on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:19AM (#46942889)
Which is true now as well, but at least the cost is more than zero
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Re:Vouch by johnnyanmac on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:21AM (#46942912)
The incentives are way off too. Now you have a financial incentive as a maintainter to throw out normally well meaning PR's as "bad".
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Re:Vouch by judahmeek on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:08PM (#46967652)
...which is balanced out by all the other incentives that have the maintainer currently contributing unpaid time & effort.
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Re:Vouch by johnnyanmac on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:32PM (#46967913)
I don't think those are are valued as we think they should be. Hence this whole system to begin with.
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