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"Anyone" does not scale infinitely: it only specifies who might participate, not how many can. Each project will collapse — lose work for one day or more — unde
by floatingatoll 6y ago
"Anyone" does not scale infinitely: it only specifies who might participate, not how many can. Each project will collapse — lose work for one day or more — under a certain sheer quantity burden of pull requests. When people say "anyone can", they don't always mean "everyone do so all at the same time", as happened here. The term "anyone" makes no statement about the frequency of pull requests, and everyone is generally upset about the frequency of pull requests associated with a third party action (Hacktober). Rightfully so: their time is being wasted and their expectations of reasonable behavior are being violated.
- Aeolun 6y agoI find it hard to consider a flood of pull requests ‘wasting my time’. Don’t look at them. It’s not as if you’re obliged to do anything with them.
- floatingatoll 6y agoOthers have a different experience than yours, that is both negative and not improved by the “ignore them” process that works for you. I encourage overcoming the difficulty you describe.