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		skywal_l on Dec 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No star, No fix > There's many cases where that's not true and indeed low-quality bug reports hurt the projects from getting better, specially for mid-to-high popular solo projects. So it's ok to report low quality bugs as long as you give stars? I know that's not your argument, but this is what this thread is about.

actionfromafar on Dec 19, 2023 [–]

Maybe not, but at least they got a star out of it.

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johnnyanmac on Dec 19, 2023 | [–]

Well yes. And like any good game you should report abuse of its features.

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