2026-01-07 18:32 UTC
@ploum@mamot.fr I've seen far too many LLM generated contributions, that appear to be scattered across multiple projects, with no follow up to questions. I've always assumed these are reputation farming bots, but it's entirely possible it's the result of students trying to get one PR approved, and then they abandon all the others when that happens.
At the very least, require students to have a public profile, including a link back to your class in case maintainers have feedback.
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@ploum@mamot.fr 2026-01-07 18:36
That’s a valid point. During my classes, I explain this and how not to wast maintainer’s time. Most of the students are straightforward and announce that they should contribute for a class. But with LLM’s contribution on the rise, I should be more careful.
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@bmitch@fosstodon.org 2026-01-07 18:37
@ploum@mamot.fr I've yet to encounter the "too many requests" error on GitHub from my own usage, though I'm aware of others reaching it with automated issue and PR generation tooling. I wouldn't be surprised if the limit is not a single usage threshold, but based on behavior analysis from a given source. If your account is frequently accessing content that has been flagged as spam by other maintainers, that could be a trigger.