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by kderbyma 2661 days ago
That makes very little sense. They have use for it because it results in new features which are contributing to their business which would otherwise be both built and QCd by employees
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Some things align w internal priorities and get done, others are issues FB people have not run into and they ask for contributions from whoever is affected.

In my experience, it's a fairly common theme in projects like jest or yarn.