In all fairness, even the smallest contributions can be valuable. Well, as long as the contributor actually does something useful, and doesn't just farm "fake" contribs.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

doesn't just farm "fake" contribs

Like comment edits that have nothing but formatting changes.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

DRIVE-BY: Fix typo in comment (teh -> the)

Oh, yeah I'm a Linux kernel contributor now

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 days ago

If that happens occasionally it doesnt bother me, what really grinds my gears is "Added second space after colon for readability" 874749574839 times. Its clearly being done to make it appear like they have done something of value and hoping it will just get approved without thought.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Or a single pronoun fix in readme.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 days ago

Fixed a mediawiki maintenance script via a 2 char change last week.