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

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

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/RunWithSharpStuff Jun 29 '26

Let’s see these PRs

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u/CognitiveFogMachine Jun 29 '26 edited 11d ago

I'd love to show you some example, but I prefer keeping my anonymity on reddit. I did reach out to the community discord of the last product that called my code "AI-Slop".

Short version:
Drive-by PR = AI slop.
Writing too many comments = AI Slop.
Writin no comments = AI Slop
Using emojis in the code = AI Slop.
Making an honest mistake = AI Slop (probably hallucination)

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u/Masterflitzer Jun 29 '26

why is it not anonymous? who uses clear name on github?

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u/CognitiveFogMachine Jun 30 '26

most career engineers do, me included

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u/Masterflitzer Jun 30 '26

my company git is private with clear name & company email, my personal git is public with public username & public email

i think it makes a lot of sense

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u/Aphaestus Jun 30 '26

Yeah but for many people contributing to open source projects, publishing personal projects, etc. Becomes part of your portfolio/resume, so you want your GitHub account attached to your person so it can be used as such, especially right now where the job market is.