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Re:Show HN: Commit to open source and get Bitcoin tips by AndyKelley on Saturday November 02, 2013 @11:29AM (#6659452)
What about the fact that each commit can be of wildly differing complexity and usefulness? It looks like in this system, a README typo fix would be worth exactly the same as fixing a threading deadlock issue.
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Re:Show HN: Commit to open source and get Bitcoin tips by arsenische on Saturday November 02, 2013 @12:18PM (#6659654)
Maybe in future we implement some other metrics, but as Palomides said, they can be gamed.

It is just a tip, some additional incentive to make new commits. Hopefully it will attract attention of new developers to the projects that are needed by people.

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Re:Show HN: Commit to open source and get Bitcoin tips by umrashrf on Saturday November 02, 2013 @12:01PM (#6659590)
"use branches with atomic commits and then get paid for based on each commit in the branch" model will likely fix this
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Re:Show HN: Commit to open source and get Bitcoin tips by Palomides on Saturday November 02, 2013 @11:48AM (#6659539)
yeah, that does seem 'unfair,' but anything involving any sort of metric could also be gamed (whereas simple commit count is less likely to be easily manipulable on most projects).
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