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Someone submitted a PR to me yesterday on my open source repo fixing a typo — did not occur to me it was part of this strange con
by admtal 3y ago
Someone submitted a PR to me yesterday on my open source repo fixing a typo — did not occur to me it was part of this strange con
- somsak2 3y agohow is it a con if it's a useful contribution? it's not my job to filter bot accounts used for starring repos. if a PR improves my project I'll accept it.
- lazide 3y agoIf it’s useful (actually), it’s not a con on you of course! It does pollute the overall ecosystem though, since it is used to prop up fake stars and the like.
- freedomben 3y agoIt probably was legitimate. There are tons of people (myself included) that send PRs to fix typos and such. I also accept PRs like that to my own projects. A lot more people will read the docs than the code, and typos are annoying and for some people highly distracting (OCD)
- foobiekr 3y agoIt probably was not legitimate. There are wonderful people like you but they are dwarfed by the thousands of scam accounts using this method to try and engineer legitimacy.
- maksimur 3y agoIt's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one with this issue. Typos can be extremely disruptive, often compelling me to re-read the entire sentence.