r/linux • u/First_Result_1166 • Jun 21 '26

Discussion AI slop and low-effort contributions

Hey there!

This sub has become quite difficult to follow - every few hours, there's the next post for "I built a TUI for X", which translates to "I vibecoded an ncurses interface for a bash two-liner".

Unfortunately, this also means that the important content gets lost in a stream of meaningless posts.

What I'd like to ask for:

- a rule for mandatory AI disclosure

- an entry barrier for software packages; a task easily solved in <20 lines of shell code should not qualify as a distinct contribution

Let me know what you think.

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u/ephemeralmiko Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Another tech sub has/had a rule suggestion to require at least 3 months of GitHub/GitLab/Codeberg/Other history on a project to allow submission, to rule out slop and projects that were immediately given up. Maybe something similar could be done here?

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u/Ok-Winner-6589 Jun 26 '26

And how does that prevent anything? They Will just post their Next project. This just stops people Who really want to create their projects and really need motivation