web of trust is already quietly back, just informal. the PRs i actually merge now come from people i know from discord or a mutual. cold drive-by contributions went to near-zero acceptance. same thing happened to hiring at the same time, same mechanism: the open funnel stopped carrying information so we rebuilt the referral network. on the same note though, if i would like to create a software vision with all designed architecture and tickets, i wouldn't mind public contributions. why not? helping each other.