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Too bad GitHub can't weight comments/issues by quality of contributor/user instead of only providing a binary choice of "only the contributors" vs "allowing eve

• daenney 11y ago
  But how do you measure that quality? Based on amount of contributions? Based on +1's they've received on comments?
  • xmj 11y ago
    Based on lines changed, merge requests accepted/rejected, etc etc. You know, GitHub developers are quite smart. They could just write their own weighting algorithm if they wanted to. :-)
    • 672723074828 11y ago
      Those are absolutely awful metrics to use when measuring a developer's ability and talent, or the quality of this developer's contributions. They are also extremely easy to game, too.
      • xmj 11y ago
        Yes, that's why I trust GitHub to come up with a (proprietary, unreleased) algorithm a la PageRank that won't easily be game-able.
• hluska 11y ago
  That is truly an excellent idea. Comments like this remind me why I love this community so much. Thanks for sharing!