• ericjmorey@programming.devOP
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    8 months ago

    It’s just gamification to try to get more people contributing. Badges and trinkets. Some companies gave out t-shirts and stickers.

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      8 months ago

      So annoying. It is useless to bring gamification to open source projects. It won’t enhance quality nor bring reliable contributors. People should contribute to FLOSS projects without such things IMO.

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        8 months ago

        I’m not sure that’s true. It attracts attention and can induce momentum to get people familiar with a particular project or just open source contribution in general.