It’s discussed in the article but that quality kind of ‘games’ the metric SO are using - what % of people using it want to keep using it? If people were forced to use it for work then you’d likely see a lower number regardless how good it is just because it wouldn’t be every single person’s preference.

It’s not a bad thing - a new language that doesn’t reach that point probably dies - but it does make it easier to score highly on their metric.

He means: another reason rust users love it so much is because they are not being forced to use it