Ask HN: Are we really getting into the “GitFluencers” era?

25 points by eff_it 6 years ago | 10 comments

People are getting paid to open a PR on open source repositories to generate traction, I think this is genius but I can understand why it might feel odd for some. See Sophie Albert's tweet : https://twitter.com/sophiebits/status/1193686558206877696

babygoat 6 years ago |

If you knew someone was getting paid to open PRs on projects they normally wouldn’t, why would you keep following them?

The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.

GranPC 6 years ago | |

> The guy complaining that he “sent this in confidence” thereby outing himself is priceless.

It's a joke

nabdab 6 years ago | | |

Is it? The reply seems to nail it down.

babygoat 6 years ago | | |

It certainly is, but not an intentional one

floppiplopp 6 years ago |

People are definitely making packages, just to make packages and look good, and do other things good, too, I guess. Just to mention the triumvirate of awful that exist, in this case is-even, is-odd, is-number: That's at least trying hard to act like an influencer. Or influenza. One of those. I don't care, it's vapid junk.

samuraiseoul 6 years ago |

IDK the gitfluencer moniker makes me think like youtubers always ending the videos begging for likes and subscribes

> If you liked that commit don't forget to merge in that PR and smash that follow button!

ajeet_dhaliwal 6 years ago |

Great term coinage. Seems we are. I'm not even surprised although this is the first time I've heard of this happening. Getting people to pay attention is hard.

marcmerce 6 years ago |

I think this is the most direct way to increase visibility on a project.