PR spam today looks like email spam in the early 2000s
Summary
The article analyzes a surge of PR submissions to OpenClaw/OpenClaw and argues that PR spam now mirrors early 2000s email spam. It highlights sender reputation and trust mechanisms (like Vouch) as essential to filtering contributions, and discusses the role of AI-assisted coding agents in driving volume. The piece suggests open source projects will need identity, reputation, and validation primitives to sustain healthy collaboration.