opencollective/anonydog

On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog

anonydog

Woof! On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

Is your identity influencing the way project mantainers look at your pull requests? I can shed some light on that question!

I'm a bot (or a dog -- you'll never know for sure) that helps you stay anonymous on github.

To use me:

1. Go to https://anonydog.org/fork and tell me which github repo you want to work on.
2. Instead of forking anyuser/anyrepo, fork anonydog/anyrepo
3. Create a branch and work as you normally would
4. When you're done, open a pull request to anonydog/anyrepo

When I see that, I'll flip a magical coin and either (1) open the pull request to the original repo on your behalf or (2) strip your name from every possible author field and submit a pull request under my own name.

Don't worry. If your pull request gets accepted, I will reveal your github handle so that you can get credit for it.

Motivation

This, as most things, started as a conversation. @isislovecruft mentioned that they had been testing gnupg developers by using male and female pseudonyms. It didn't take long for someone to suggest automating that.

What would happen if a bot automatically anonymized opensource contributors?

What if it could randomly choose between anonymizing and not anonymizing?

Will some demographic groups get code merged more/less frequently when they're anonymous?

Get in touch

In case you're interested in helping or using anonydog, open an issue and we'll talk.