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Someone has started answering to the github stalebot with memes (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Normalize replying to the stalebot likewise

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

After a extremely long week, I sometimes participate in open source. I have to deal with malicious commits. I have to follow up on issues from misguided individuals who are actually looking for tech support. I have to guide new contributors to how this massive repo works and to submit tests. I have to negotiate with the core team and these convos can often last months/years.

And contributing to open-source is one of the few things that give me pleasure, even if it's a extremely thankless job.

But I'm tired man.

I'm not dealing with low-quality memers who are providing zero value. Nor should we encourage it.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I do FOSS as well, but I'd rather people have fun punting the stalebot than just keep repeating "this issue still exists". I will probably get a chuckle out of it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

I would argue that in this case the maintainers are in the wrong for not even responding to the issue, not the reporter responding with memes.