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It's quid pro quo, isn't it. The repo is buying stars with bug reporting as currency. Which may well be against GitHub rules but more than that, it's a stupid

• franciscop 3y ago
  > Bug reporting helps projects get better There's many cases where that's not true and indeed low-quality bug reports hurt the projects from getting better, specially for mid-to-high popular solo projects. Think about it in more familiar terms, are more job offers good for searching for a job? It might seems so, but only if you think about well-timed high quality offers. Suddenly getting spammed on your email, linkedin, etc. with dozens+ of low-quality job offers would def not be helpful.
  • skywal_l 3y ago
    > There's many cases where that's not true and indeed low-quality bug reports hurt the projects from getting better, specially for mid-to-high popular solo projects. So it's ok to report low quality bugs as long as you give stars? I know that's not your argument, but this is what this thread is about.
    • actionfromafar 3y ago
      Maybe not, but at least they got a star out of it. Github sets up social network gamification incentives, wins social network gamification prizes…
      • johnnyanmac 3y ago
        Well yes. And like any good game you should report abuse of its features.