> So you propose that telling them that the mountain is gone will actually make them believe that it is? Yes... at least in the short term. Think about seeing

> So you propose that telling them that the mountain is gone will actually make them believe that it is? Yes... at least in the short term. Think about seeing 100 issues vs 1000 issues. 1000 issues is clearly more demotivating. It's also a lot harder to tackle because of the sheer amount. You don't have enough time to fix all of them, so how to do you prioritize and distribute the work? With 100 issues you can get stuck in much quicker and prevent those 1000 issues from stacking up again. > How do bug tracker entries waste people's time? Sure, confirming or fixing or otherwise working on a bug takes time, but that's hardly wasted. And if the bug just sits there, how does it waste time? How many bugs do not have payoff proportional to the time spent triaging and working on them? Probably most. Cutting a whole lot of issues probably makes the 'right' decision for >50% of them.