Comment by malvosenior

I see Github playing a big role in bringing about this situation. The collaboration model focuses on the "who" of software development and not the "what". It used to be people were concerned about making a piece of software that did something interesting. Now it's all about how many stars, forks and followers you can get. Github made it too easy to "collaborate" and now you see any number of non-developer interlopers pushing project owners around. There needs to be a new model that's not so focused on the social but is focused on the tech and just the tech.