kaal:claim:4755632-018
Hierarchical review produces an anchoring failure: the first reviewer in the hierarchy gets the highest priority and follow-on reviewers merely add minor upgrades, so adding reviewers does not add the independent scrutiny that would raise code quality.
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in the legacy review process, the first reviewer within the hierarchical structure of the code review process often gets the highest priority and is often merely followed with minor upgrades by follow-on reviewers.
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failuresupport: arguedfailure: First Reviewer Anchoringfamily: recentralization-driftopen-source-and-code
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