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by joshstrange 4428 days ago
I agree, it's too bad they banned bots [0], one alternative I see is:

>> Yeah, maybe the answer is a hybrid, bots that look for common mistakes and a website that lets people login to github and displays the potential fixes so they can fix the code in the browser and send the pull request. Like a way to try and introduce people to open source through guided fixes more or less. [1]

[0] http://www.wired.com/2012/12/github-bots/

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7717694