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0 pointsgodelski7d ago0 comments

So I pay $10 when your bot fucks up?

That's called theft. And for what, one banana?

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Obviously, the triage should be done by a human and not automated.

Doesn't that put us into the same position?

Let's also be realistic, everything that can be automated will. Even if that thing is worse off for it. There's a clear historic pattern of this. Companies and people love to be penny wise and pound foolish.

rglullis7d ago

> Doesn't that put us into the same position?

Of course not, because the number of low-quality PRs with $10 attached to it will be lower than whatever number of PRs are being created now.

godelskiOP7d ago

You also lose out on a lot of would-be PRs. By people who don't have the money, don't have trust, or have a visceral "fuck you" stance. There's a lot more reasons that this suggestion creates a gate that dissuades the people you want. I stand by that the solution is naïve, but you're welcome to give it a try on your projects. I'm sure it'll be effective at reducing a lot of spammers, but I'm also pretty convinced it'll come with a large false positive rate, which is invisible (giving you false confidence)

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rglullis7d ago

Obviously, the triage should be done by a human and not automated.

godelskiOP7d ago

Doesn't that put us into the same position?

rglullis7d ago

> Doesn't that put us into the same position?

Of course not, because the number of low-quality PRs with $10 attached to it will be lower than whatever number of PRs are being created now.

godelskiOP7d ago

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