Hacktoberfest Struggles

[jrg94]

I took a look at the top repos in Hacktoberfest and many of them are clones of this project:

• ambujraj/hacktoberfest2018
  • Related Issues:
    • Create Hello World Web Page
    • Create Fibonacci Series
    • Roman Numeral Conversion Algorithm
  • License: GPL3
• AliceWonderland/hacktoberfest
  • Related Issues:
    • Create a Hello World Script
  • License: GPL3
• kvaluruk/Data-Structures-And-Algorithms-Hacktoberfest18
  • Related Issues:
    • Add Algorithm in Language of Your Choice
  • License: NONE
• Hacktoberfest-2018/Hello-world
  • Related Issues
    • Contribute to Hello World
  • License: MIT

Granted, these aren't organized or ongoing projects, but they're getting infinitely more engagement than we've gotten since I launched this project in March. Naturally, I'm a little frustrated.

So, I went as far as to post an issue on one of those top projects--only to have it closed for reasons unknown (though obvious).

That said, there is some good that has come out of this. Some of these projects have some pretty good ideas. For instance, we could start a profiles folder full of user profiles in markdown. That way, people can shamelessly share their own projects while increasing some engagement here. Maybe we can do something like that.

Anyway, thanks for reading! haha

[jrg94]

/rant