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   Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 18:38:46 JST Strypey

   "This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hacktoberfest, and we’re calling on your support! Whether it’s your first time participating—or your tenth—it’s almost time to hack out four pristine pull/merge requests as we continue our month of support for open source."

   https://hacktoberfest.com/

   #HacktoberFest #FreeCode #OpenSource

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 18:38:44 JST tyil

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     @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz "This year marks the 10th anniversary of subverting free software development into a proprietary platform to control you and your codebase, and consistently lower the quality of the entire software development field. Join us once more as we erode freedoms in exchange for a t-shirt!"

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 07:30:00 JST iced depresso

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     • tyil
     @strypey @tyil hacktober traditionally operated through github afaik. i guess the association was implied.
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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 07:30:04 JST Strypey

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     @tyil
     > The constructive bit would be to keep telling people to stop using GitHub

     Well, you didn't mention HitGub in the post, and the post you're replying to has nothing to do with HitGub AFAICT, so...

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 07:30:07 JST tyil

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     @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz The constructive bit would be to keep telling people to stop using #GitHub, but I was hoping that point would be quite clear in that post.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 07:30:09 JST Strypey

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     @tyil do you have anything constructive to contribute, or is it this bile the best you can do?

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 09:36:37 JST iced depresso

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     • Hacktoberfest
     @tyil @strypey @hacktoberfest sourcehut also exists :neocat_woozy:
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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 09:36:41 JST tyil

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     • Hacktoberfest

     @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @hacktoberfest@hachyderm.io @icedquinn@blob.cat Or you could take a more positive approach and demand they at least support free and open source platforms? That would seem to be more in the spirit of "our month of support".
     
     It seems ridiculous to me to say "yeah we love open source so much but only if you do it on proprietary platforms where corporations get to control you, can't have you being too free now can we", and then have people defend that as if Hacktoberfest is some holy practice we may not question.
     
     If you want to support free and open source, do it properly, and if people point out the blatant hypocrisy, consider not defending the team of corporates that have been abusing free and open source software for decades. They care for their bottom line only.
     
     Hacktoberfest is nothing more than a PR stunt, and I find it disappointing that it works so well for them.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 09:36:43 JST Strypey

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     • Hacktoberfest

     @hacktoberfest
     "...time to hack out four pristine pull/merge requests as we continue our month of support for open source."

     Me:
     > most Free Code projects are still hosted on HitGub. That's not up to the Hacktoberfest organisers.

     @tyil
     > the organisers define where and how the event is done, they could simply choose to not support proprietary platforms

     So... exclude the majority of Free Code projects from participating, because of their choice of forge?

     @icedquinn

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 09:36:46 JST tyil

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     @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @icedquinn@blob.cat For better or for worseWorse.That's not up to the Hacktoberfest organisersUhh, the organisers define where and how the event is done, they could simply choose to not support proprietary platforms seeing as they supposedly want to support free software.Including community-hosted GitLab instancesNope, just the proprietary gitlab.com instance.
     
     Hacktoberfest isn't about supporting free software projects, its about luring more people into proprietary ecosystems. Its a marketing stunt.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 09:36:47 JST Strypey

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     @tyil
     > It still is mainly operated through GitHub

     For better or for worse, most Free Code projects are still hosted on HitGub. That's not up to the Hacktoberfest organisers.

     > but #GitLab is allowed too

     Including community-hosted GitLab instances?

     @icedquinn

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 09:36:49 JST tyil

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     @icedquinn@blob.cat @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz It still is mainly operated through #GitHub, but #GitLab is allowed too these days changing absolutely nothing for the better.