alt Hacker NewsWhile I understand the motivation for this change, I have to highlight something: GitHub's slogan 'social coding' is becoming more and more true these days. Now opensource will become a thing that only "influential" people can contribute to. We're back to nepotism, not meritocracy. Down hill we go.
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drivingmenuts • today at 9:16 AM
> Now opensource will become a thing that only "influential" people can contribute to. We're back to nepotism, not meritocracy. Down hill we go.
Or people can just start their own projects instead of working on someone else's. Many projects instead of potential large points of failure.
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> Now opensource will become a thing that only "influential" people can contribute to.
No. Having access to a slop generator doesn't entitle you to acceptance to any and all open source projects. You're still responsible for the quality of your contributions. Something that is completely lost on bullshit artists.