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1. 0x69420 · 1789571110 · focus · HN ↗

   now imagine how many other devs and maintainers are contemplating this but just haven't been pushed to their personal breaking point yet. or take note of how many, when asked about the spam problem, just nervously go "yeah it's kinda rough haha...". or how many will vent about it on their twitter-like of choice with increasing frequency.

   remember hacktoberfest 2020? that's just all public-facing source 365 days a year now, except instead of "updated README.md" it's some vaguely-plausible fix... then you read the PR body and someone couldn't even be bothered to, or, just as likely couldn't explain it themselves. and that sort of sinking dread sets in.

   1. scronkfinkle · 1789571545 · focus · HN ↗

      > remember hacktoberfest 2020?

      Oh man, if you read the threads about that it's such a time capsule of a different era:

      e.g. from this thread: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31628342">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31628342

      &gt; I am honestly surprised how little SPAM there is on GitHub in general. Please don’t take that as a challenge!

      1. throwup238 · 1789575270 · focus · HN ↗

         Microsoft took it as a challenge.

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