Projects with bigger problems
Projects with bigger problems
Posted Apr 27, 2026 19:17 UTC (Mon) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)In reply to: Projects with bigger problems by rgmoore
Parent article: Dependency-cooldown discussions warm up
Something like https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360002471277... but for software - I like it!
GitHub, Gitlab and co. are currently in the best place by far to prototype something like this and get this ball rolling. Anyone working there and listening?
Of course, the devil is in the details and especially around the metrics. How do you stop the equivalent of bots listening to fake music and cashing in? As mentioned at this reference. As soon as there is money, there is an order magnitude more people trying to cheat or game the system. But still worth a try.
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