Yes. 1. penny-shavings for commits sets up terrible motivations. 2. these people are claiming money in developers' names without permission. 3. there's no evidence the whole thing isn't the scam it looks like.
On 9 January 2015 at 08:18, Tyler Romeo <[email protected]> wrote: > Link for those interested: > http://prime4commit.com/projects/208 > > I really dislike these kinds of sites. It’d be one thing if it was just > donations, but developers can claim their tips and basically get paid for > each commit, and it rubs me the wrong way gameifying our volunteer community > like that. Then again, it’s just my opinion. > > -- > Tyler Romeo > 0x405D34A7C86B42DF > > On January 9, 2015 at 03:10:35, Federico Leva (Nemo) ([email protected]) > wrote: > > Website garnering registrations by "donating" few cents of dollar for > each merged commit. They started a while ago but looks like it's > expanding. Just FYI in case you've not received one yet. > > Nemo > > -------- Messaggio inoltrato -------- > Oggetto: You received a tip for your commit > Data: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:36:52 +0000 > > > Hello, Federico Leva! > > You were tipped 0.11 XPM for your commit on Project wikimedia/mediawiki. > Please, log in and tell us your primecoin address to get it. > > Your current balance is 0.11 XPM. If you don't enter a primecoin address > your tips will be returned to the project in 30 days. > > Sign In > > Thanks for contributing to Open Source! > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
