Hatching a reputation-based scheme around a "Contributor Management System" and getting "the people you want as contributors" to go along with it is easier than getting them to fill in a 1/username 2/password 3/confirm-password form? Choosing to believe that is pure motivated reasoning.

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stavros 2 hours ago | parent [-]

People aren't on Github just to implement reputation-based management, though.

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pwdisswordfishs 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What does that observation have to do with the topic under the microscope?

	▲	stavros an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> GitHub customers really are willing to do anything besides coming to terms with the reality confronting them: that it might be GitHub (and the GitHub community/userbase) that's the problem. The community might be a problem, but that doesn't mean it's a big enough problem to move off completely. Whitelisting a few people might be a good enough solution.