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I posted something similar in the other thread about this. This change probably kills Hacktoberfest imo. What maintainers would want to subject themselves to sp

I posted something similar in the other thread about this. This change probably kills Hacktoberfest imo. What maintainers would want to subject themselves to spam PRs by opting-in. Anyway, I feel like allowing PRs before this point to count as valid is a bad idea. I would guess that 70k people already submitted 4 spam PRs in their own repo by now following the tutorials that have been posted for this.

Wowfunhappy 6y ago
I have a Pebble smartwatch app[1] that only I have ever worked on (aside from one PR to change an icon). I don't really expect anyone else to contribute, but it would be neat. I just opted it in to Hacktoberfest. Best case scenario, I actually get a great PR because someone was looking for Hacktoberfest-eligible repos and thought my app looked cool. Worst-case scenario, I get a bunch of spam PRs that I reject—but since I basically never get any PRs, this doesn't seem like such a huge problem. [1]: https://github.com/Wowfunhappy/Pebble-RSS-Reader https://github.com/Wowfunhappy/Pebble-RSS-Reader
- throwahtbfest 6y ago
  > Worst-case scenario, I get a bunch of spam PRs that I reject—but since I basically never get any PRs, this doesn't seem like such a huge problem. That's what I thought. Now I'm getting spammed with PRs containing personal insults. Take care.
- gerogerke 6y ago
  I suggest adding the hacktobefest label to issues you'd like to see tackled. Many people search for `label:hacktoberfest language:Rust is:open` or the likes to find projects to contribute to. I have not found a way to search for repos with a repo-tag yet.
  - account42 6y ago
    > I have not found a way to search for repos with a repo-tag yet. https://github.com/topics/hacktoberfest https://github.com/topics/hacktoberfest
askmike 6y ago
> This change probably kills Hacktoberfest imo. I'd say the spam tactics executed on such a large scale killed Hacktoberfest. This is just damage control.
leonidasv 6y ago
Repos were being tagged as hacktoberfest-friendly by maintainers long before it was mandatory.
nonbirithm 6y ago
I personally wouldn't participate in Hacktoberfest after this. I'd never want to be seen wearing the t-shirt they'd give out after all the spam and drama. At this point wearing it would probably give the wrong impression to the people who are actually invested in OSS.

Wowfunhappy 6y ago

I have a Pebble smartwatch app[1] that only I have ever worked on (aside from one PR to change an icon). I don't really expect anyone else to contribute, but it would be neat. I just opted it in to Hacktoberfest. Best case scenario, I actually get a great PR because someone was looking for Hacktoberfest-eligible repos and thought my app looked cool. Worst-case scenario, I get a bunch of spam PRs that I reject—but since I basically never get any PRs, this doesn't seem like such a huge problem. [1]: https://github.com/Wowfunhappy/Pebble-RSS-Reader https://github.com/Wowfunhappy/Pebble-RSS-Reader

throwahtbfest 6y ago
> Worst-case scenario, I get a bunch of spam PRs that I reject—but since I basically never get any PRs, this doesn't seem like such a huge problem. That's what I thought. Now I'm getting spammed with PRs containing personal insults. Take care.
gerogerke 6y ago
I suggest adding the hacktobefest label to issues you'd like to see tackled. Many people search for `label:hacktoberfest language:Rust is:open` or the likes to find projects to contribute to. I have not found a way to search for repos with a repo-tag yet.
- account42 6y ago
  > I have not found a way to search for repos with a repo-tag yet. https://github.com/topics/hacktoberfest https://github.com/topics/hacktoberfest

askmike 6y ago

> This change probably kills Hacktoberfest imo. I'd say the spam tactics executed on such a large scale killed Hacktoberfest. This is just damage control.

leonidasv 6y ago

Repos were being tagged as hacktoberfest-friendly by maintainers long before it was mandatory.

nonbirithm 6y ago

I personally wouldn't participate in Hacktoberfest after this. I'd never want to be seen wearing the t-shirt they'd give out after all the spam and drama. At this point wearing it would probably give the wrong impression to the people who are actually invested in OSS.