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Ask HN: Are we really getting into the “GitFluencers” era?
People are getting paid to open a PR on open source repositories to generate traction, I think this is genius but I can understand why it might feel odd for some. See Sophie Albert's tweet :
https://twitter.com/sophiebits/status/1193686558206877696
- draw_down 7y agoCome on
- marcmerce 7y agoI think this is the most direct way to increase visibility on a project.
- babygoat 7y agoIf you knew someone was getting paid to open PRs on projects they normally wouldn’t, why would you keep following them? The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.
- GranPC 7y ago> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless. It's a joke
- nabdab 7y agoIs it? The reply seems to nail it down.
- GranPC 7y agoIt is, the reply is just the original tweeter continuing the joke. https://twitter.com/jdan/status/1193871077790932993 https://twitter.com/jdan/status/1193871077790932993
- babygoat 7y agoIt certainly is, but not an intentional one
- stevewodil 7y agoI suggest you read his latest reply, I'm honestly not sure how it would be misinterpreted as being serious
- ajeet_dhaliwal 7y agoGreat term coinage. Seems we are. I'm not even surprised although this is the first time I've heard of this happening. Getting people to pay attention is hard.
- floppiplopp 7y agoPeople are definitely making packages, just to make packages and look good, and do other things good, too, I guess. Just to mention the triumvirate of awful that exist, in this case is-even, is-odd, is-number: That's at least trying hard to act like an influencer. Or influenza. One of those. I don't care, it's vapid junk.
- samuraiseoul 7y agoIDK the gitfluencer moniker makes me think like youtubers always ending the videos begging for likes and subscribes > If you liked that commit don't forget to merge in that PR and smash that follow button!