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by caconym_ 994 days ago
> the "everyone can be a valued contributor" crowd

Of course! Who will keep the hordes of dimwits and dilettantes and LinkedIn jockeys at bay, if not those whose merit has already been proven?
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fsdjkflsjfsoij 994 days ago
> Who will keep the hordes of dimwits and dilettantes and LinkedIn jockeys at bay

This is unironically a very serious problem and why most of the best open source projects are basically corporate FAANG projects that are really only open source for optics.

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caconym_ 994 days ago
On its face, you won't catch me arguing with that. It's a hard problem, for sure.
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