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- Pierre-Yves Lapersonne ( @pylapp@programming.dev ) 3•11 months ago
I still don’t understand why Hacktoberfest get so much hype. I don’t even understand Hacktoberfest meanings. Is it to get shiny badges on GitHub accounts?
It’s just gamification to try to get more people contributing. Badges and trinkets. Some companies gave out t-shirts and stickers.
- LalSalaamComrade ( @velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml ) 1•9 months ago
Seems like an odd reaction. I like codberg and encourage it’s use, but I wouldn’t say non-participation hacktoberfest is a reason to use it instead of other options.
- LalSalaamComrade ( @velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml ) 1•9 months ago
- Pierre-Yves Lapersonne ( @pylapp@programming.dev ) 0•11 months ago
So annoying. It is useless to bring gamification to open source projects. It won’t enhance quality nor bring reliable contributors. People should contribute to FLOSS projects without such things IMO.
I’m not sure that’s true. It attracts attention and can induce momentum to get people familiar with a particular project or just open source contribution in general.