@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.

• #Pulls incentivize #Botting.

• #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!

@yassie_j exactly...
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110918058789885260

For #bots and those operating them, #MachineTime is the cost-creating factor, thus they want to speedrun their shit to maximize #botting effectivity with the least amount of [billable!] computation time [at their hosters!]...

@ppatel #Captchas in general should be outlawed as #antiAccessibility features!

AFAIK, @stux combats #botting via verification eMail and rate-limiting registrations...