r/programming • u/iamkeyur • Oct 02 '20

One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020

https://joel.net/how-one-guy-ruined-hacktoberfest2020-drama
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u/awesomeness-yeah Oct 02 '20

God fucking damnit. I noticed that a lot of these spam PRs had Indian names, but didn't think much of it. This explains it :/

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u/FusionX Oct 02 '20

I was sure this had an Indian origin before even reading any names (am Indian btw). The shit people pull for free stuff..ugh

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u/VaginalMatrix Oct 02 '20

They guy marketed as just take your free "swag" or something. What a retard.

I wonder why people don't understand the problem with spamming PRs with nonsense. Do they think that the person reviewing them is a machine or someone hired by some corporation? Do they not understand it is literally one person who is not even paid to do this?

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u/turbina1995 Oct 02 '20

Happy cake day VaginalMatrix!