[pwdisswordfishs]

Hatching a reputation-based scheme around a "Contributor Management System" and getting "the people you want as contributors" to go along with it is easier than getting them to fill in a 1/username 2/password 3/confirm-password form? Choosing to believe that is pure motivated reasoning.

[stavros]

People aren't on Github just to implement reputation-based management, though.

[pwdisswordfishs]

What does that observation have to do with the topic under the microscope?