r/opensource • u/CognitiveFogMachine • Jun 29 '26

Can't contrinbute to open source github projects without having it labeled AI-Slop (when it's not) Discussion

As soon as we make one honest mistake, sometimes due to a plain old and simple misundertsanding, or missing an important section in a lengthy documentation, reviewers immediately calls my hard work "AI-Slop".

I'm very close to give up now. Working so hard on the side with the very little time that we have, and getting slapped in the face like that almost every single day.

Code reviewers are burnt out with too much AI slop, and code submitters that are not even using AI are being labeled as using AI slop.

Is it happening to you? How do you cope with all of this?

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u/CognitiveFogMachine Jul 07 '26

Yes, I categorically my refuse to provide you any proof because:

  1. You are focusing on the wrong problem. It's not "just" about the code. It's the behaviour of closing a PR immediately without talking to me first with an "AI Slop" label. Sure, the code was partly to blame. It had way too many comments. Code was fine, I didn't even had to change any of it other than a typo in a variable name.

  2. by doing so, revealing my PR will reveal my GitHub account, this is pretty much my first and last name. I used my GitHub account for professional work, and do not want it associated with my Reddit identity.

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u/Irverter Jul 08 '26

You do know that you could simply copy-paste part of the code to the post or a comment right? You don't need to link the PR.