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https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama Very similar: some guy created a video
by armchairhacker 3y ago
https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama
Very similar: some guy created a video and a lot of people submit useless PRs, except for a T-shirt instead of crypto.
EDIT: Except, Hacktoberfest ran since 2014 and there was never an issue before the video, which (unintentionally) brought it a lot more attention and gave a bad example of an “improvement”. Incentives can be good if designed and explained carefully.
- elAhmo 3y agoHah! I was a contributor in the past, have 3-4 T-shirts and a bunch of stickers, and then last year in October I wondered what happened to Hacktoberfest, why it didn't have the coverage like it had in the past.