Social metrics

Posted Jul 26, 2011 5:23 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (guest, #15091)
In reply to: Are all patches created equal? by Felix.Braun
Parent article: Are all patches created equal?

On the contrary, I think you are right on target as to why the "Who wrote ..." articles are popular. On the other hand, a weighted metric such as the one our editor is seeking is not widely used in software engineering; creating one would be pushing the envelope and therefore interesting to watch.