November 18, 2013
On Sunday, 17 November 2013 at 22:41:20 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
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> The choosing is done by whoever fronts the money for the bounty based on whatever they want.

Yep, but AFAIU the question is specifically about Facebook bounties.

February 20, 2014
On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 17:51:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation. The initial budget is small, but if we find that it accelerates development we may add to it.
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> As a sample we've added $80 bounties to three regressions:
>
> http://goo.gl/JvajFP
> http://goo.gl/LLhRIw
> http://goo.gl/2crX4V
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> We're still tweaking the best allocation of sums to bugs depending on their importance and difficulty. I will update this list once I've allocated the entire budget, likely before the end of day today.
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> Beyond the money involved, this is a gesture of good faith, confidence, and investment in the future of D. Let's respond in kind!
>
>
> Andrei

Ahahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80...
They just put 19 000 000 000 $ for a web app.
Are you kiddin us ?

JERK.MASSIVE DOUCHE.FUCK.
February 20, 2014
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:25:05 -0500, Baz <sfnje@appixie.com> wrote:

>
> Ahahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80...
> They just put 19 000 000 000 $ for a web app.
> Are you kiddin us ?
>
> JERK.MASSIVE DOUCHE.FUCK.

Sorry, I know this is trolling, but I just have to respond.

Fixing a bug in an open source project with very minor implications on Facebook's code base is MASSIVELY different than having an app with half a billion users that instantly expands Facebook's potential into millions worth of revenue.

You don't want to fix the bug? Good, I'm sure your code would suck anyway with that attitude. If you want to prove me wrong, go write an app that facebook buys for 19 billion.

-Steve
February 20, 2014
On Thursday, 20 February 2014 at 20:25:11 UTC, Baz wrote:
>
> Ahahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80...
> They just put 19 000 000 000 $ for a web app.
> Are you kiddin us ?

Ok, I must say I'm shocked, and yes this 19 Billion $ spent make look bounties on D project some kind of joke. However
> JERK.MASSIVE DOUCHE.FUCK.
what the hell has Andrei to do with this lol. You'd better grow a pair and send an email to Zuckerberg, my boy.
February 20, 2014
On 2/20/14, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Fixing a bug in an open source project with very minor implications on Facebook's code base is MASSIVELY different than having an app with half a billion users that instantly expands Facebook's potential into millions worth of revenue.

If anything, it shows Facebook isn't shy about spending money. But they will only do it if it's worth it. IOW, if bounties aren't worked on they'll have no incentive to offer more bounties or increase the payout for specific bounties.
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