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Hacktoberfest is about contributing to open source yet the community is on Discord...? I guess IRC and Matrix aren't viable mediums to strategise README.md contributions?

I genuinely cannot reconcile the irony here, _maybe_ "because it's easy" which would fit in line with spamming README.md edits for participation.

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The sad reality, if you want to open a doorway for new and young blood, you have to go where they are. Tons of college kids in their CS degree are on Discord today and have no clue what IRC is and maybe only have heard of Matrix in passing. It sucks, I'd much rather use IRC, but you have to meet people where they are. Hacktober is supposed to be about exposing people to FOSS and encouraging them to contribute. Its not about enforcing ideological purity tests built on FOSS.

Well, the whole thing happens in closed source platform, so not really celebrating FOSS in the first place.

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