@thcrt #StaleBos should be illegal, just juke #StarFarming, #StarBot and assholes that simply mark something as duplicate just to make number go down!
@mike I think a lot of #metrics re #software and espechally #FLOSS are bs.
#LinesOfCode incentivize #messy and convoluted source. (i.e. #IBM)
#PullRequests & #MergeRequests incentivize a shitload of micro-corrections and "code cleanups" that aren't productive. (i.e. #Huawei doing to #Linux)
#Stars incentivize #StarFarming.
#Sponsors incentivize #Smurfing & #Sockpuppeting. with alt accounts.
same with #Contributor Numbers and Number of Contributions.
Frequency of Commits and changes incentivize constantly pushing empty commits as a sort-of-heartbeat.
#Forks doesn't say jack shite (in fact I know companies that do run a git mirror that regularly pulls repos from some public projects of mine.
#Donations and #Funding - if any exists at all - only supports massive projects and orgs and not necessarily key components that they too rely upon!
@dis nodds in agreement I remember @marcan rightfully blowing off about the bs that is #StaleBot.
https://youtu.be/PLlrH0htVnc video via @BrodieOnLinux
Yes, both are worse than paywalling issues to "paying customers only"...
