[gksmythe]

The tyranny of GitHub. GitHub pull requests are one of the most cumbersome ways of contributing to OSS.

What people really like is:

a) The paper trail (I can show to my career manager that I've done some work).

b) The constant distractions that feel like work.

c) Minor issues seem like major contributions.

d) Self promotion.

[matt4077]

This is insane, considering the process before github was "send a patch by email".

Hundreds of thousands of people, including me, have started contributing patches because the Github process has a much lower barrier to entry, is standardised, and effortlessly teaches you how to do it when you browse around a project.