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I'm subscribed to a couple of GitHub issues from external projects, and I wish we would go back to private bugtrackers like Bugzilla (or some sort of federated
by littlecranky67 3y ago
I'm subscribed to a couple of GitHub issues from external projects, and I wish we would go back to private bugtrackers like Bugzilla (or some sort of federated solution). Since with the subscriptions you get the comments via Email before they are deleted/moderated, you can truly tell whats going on. The level of insults, entitlement and useless spam comments ("I need this to!", "What is the ETA?", "If you do not implement this, I'm gonna use something else!") has made it a sad, sad place. But everybody has a GitHub account and typing out your rage is a quick thing to do.
- The_Colonel 3y agoThose projects likely consider the low barrier to entry more beneficial compared to some effort needed for the moderation.
- layer8 3y agoLow barrier to entry is exactly what causes the level of comments the parent laments.
- The_Colonel 3y agoI understand that, but it also causes more honest, valuable feedback given. Organizations can decide if the benefits outweigh the negatives, and in the case of the projects in the article, they decided that low barrier of entry is overall beneficial.
- Kwpolska 3y agoCreating a Bugzilla account is trivial, especially if you're frustrated at the software, but it might be a barrier to entry for some positive contributors. Unless you're proposing to keep the bug tracker only accessible to the core team, and that would make things harder for any external contributors.
- frankjr 3y agoYou can enable moderation on any GitHub repository and have the same thing. https://docs.github.com/en/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/limiting-interactions-in-your-repository https://docs.github.com/en/communities/moderating-comments-a...