• Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    Duplicates don’t add anything to the conversation

    But it’s not the same person reporting the same bug multiple time but rather a new tool enabling multiple people to discover that same bug at the same time.

    Not reporting it because “someone else probably will” is a sociopsychological phenomenon called diffusion of responsibility.

    • vulpivia@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      It’s not about “someone else probably will”, it’s about “someone else already has”. No one is advocating for diffusion of responsibility.