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1. Create issues for items I need fixed on my github repos. 2. Offer a $100 bounty to people who can trick me into getting some string into my projects. The ea
by tstrimple 10y ago
1. Create issues for items I need fixed on my github repos.
2. Offer a $100 bounty to people who can trick me into getting some string into my projects. The easiest way to "trick" me of course is to hide it inside of a PR which fixes a real issue.
3. Find and remove the string before merging the PR. I've had one of my issues fixed for free. Rinse and repeat!
Bonus Round: Stage an announcement on twitter and have someone cleverly trick me into including the string on my website (which I was totally going to do anyway). Post clever trick to code geek social media and reap the sweet free viral marketing and hackers trying to earn a Benjamin.
- cranklin 10y agosteps 1 and 2 remind me of how Congress works
- kika 10y agoI started laughing then remembered that I live in the US for the last 5 years and started crying instead.
- dclowd9901 10y agoI was trying to figure out the actual angle here because the challenger couldn't have been that stupid. I think you've hit the nail on the head.
- reledi 10y agoIt's worrying that something as harmless as this comes across as a stunt with some ulterior motive. Not everything is a viral marketing campaign.
- Bromskloss 10y agoI like to suspect everything that gains attention to be a marketing campaign.
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- PhasmaFelis 10y agoYou've discovered that social media is mostly used for getting attention. Congratulations, that was very clever of you.
- DonkeyChan 10y agoHe offered him BTC for it. Not so much free...
- joepie91_ 10y agoAs somebody who knows the person in question: Nice theory, but no. Not everybody has ulterior motives like this.