alt Hacker NewsThey should also remove Copilot code reviews from being counted as metrics in a PR.
I've seen some projects that use it and you open the PR page to be greeted by every PR having 3-20 comments but when you goto the actual PR, there's no one except the contributor with a bunch of Copilot feedback.
It gives a false message that the PR is resonating with folks and has real activity. I wonder if GitHub did this on purpose to make engagement seem higher than it really is.
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spike021 • today at 5:36 PM
Where I work that many comments could be taken as a bad thing: "i've seen too many comments finding issues or nitpicks with your PR, why aren't you doing a better job before submitting it for review??"
If I had a magic wand, I would enforce an internet-wide separation of human activity metrics from bots.
I want to know how many real humans read my post, commented, shared etc.
Clankers can keep their own counts.