• ericjmorey@programming.dev
      hexagon
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      11 months ago

      It's just gamification to try to get more people contributing. Badges and trinkets. Some companies gave out t-shirts and stickers.

        • ericjmorey@programming.dev
          hexagon
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          11 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.

      • Pierre-Yves Lapersonne@programming.dev
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        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.

        • ericjmorey@programming.dev
          hexagon
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          11 months ago

          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.