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Both posts use the same hyperbole of a DDoS on open source projects and it hurts both posts. Dealing with spam is a pain, it's annoying and it being somewhat i

Both posts use the same hyperbole of a DDoS on open source projects and it hurts both posts. Dealing with spam is a pain, it's annoying and it being somewhat incentivized doesn't really help. But claiming that it's a huge load of work and pretending that maintainers are drowning in spam pull requests is also very ridiculous. If you don't have the time to close a bunch of pull requests, then maybe it's time you get someone additional onto the project that can help you out. Ask the last few people that have made high quality PRs or maybe just helped with something small, whether they're interested in helping out more. Stop whining of how hard the life of an OSS maintainer is and invite others to help you out.

julianmarq 6y ago
I'm confused, your argument for saying this isn't a bad thing is and that developers are not drowning in spam is telling them to... Get more people involved, so that they can take some of the load off of the maintainer. You suggest that they aren't capable of running the projects they created entirely out of love for the craft, and were handling well enough, without help only because DO's marketing stunt might probably cause burnout. Did I get it right or did I misintepret something? > Stop whining of how hard the life of an OSS maintainer is and invite others to help you out. Are you a maintainer? How many of them have you offered to help with the spam? And don't you think there are better contributions you could make if it weren't for the deluge?