[HN Gopher] 2020 Transparency Report
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       2020 Transparency Report
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-02-25 18:30 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.blog)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.blog)
        
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       | jakelazaroff wrote:
       | _> Hacktoberfest, an event designed to encourage people to
       | practice contributing to open source projects, was particularly
       | notable this year due to a third-party video that led to a
       | massive uptick in reports, especially spam and disrupting others'
       | experiences on GitHub, at the start of October._
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       | Does anyone have a non-gated link to this video?
        
         | Raed667 wrote:
         | This tweet has a short overview of the video
         | https://twitter.com/joelnet/status/1311773094856454144
        
         | maxvu wrote:
         | I don't. I think the gist of it was a YouTuber instructing
         | probably-younger, less-experienced people to issue spammy PRs
         | (e.g. small update to READMEs).
        
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       | dancemethis wrote:
       | Don't see their source code nor a public apology for supporting
       | ICE with a strong financial aid campaign for people in these
       | camps, therefore the transparency argument is nil.
        
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