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IshKebabyesterday at 9:57 PM1 replyview on HN

Have you found this actually works? I wouldn't be surprised if many projects happily accept trivial PRs (because they're easy to deal with) but then ignore or naysay anything more substantial.


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Brian_K_Whiteyesterday at 10:21 PM

The point is only 50% to see if they respond, it's also to start establishing yourself as a known entity to them.

They will ignore a big patch from a rando and obviously process a big patch from themselves.

You can become somehwere in between and no longer be a rando, but have to start from the rando end.