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commit: 8a318b13ac78bd6538d74cbaf433f9eaa2864023
parent f3ab4bd1fd9339913d8d9c7f00070a38e5511055
Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date:   Sat,  3 Oct 2020 09:43:34 -0400

Update spamtoberfest w/DO's response

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diff --git a/content/blog/Spamtoberfest.gmi b/content/blog/Spamtoberfest.gmi
@@ -77,3 +77,7 @@ This is what we get with corporate-sponsored “social coding”, brought to you
 What would actually benefit FOSS is to enable the strong mentorship necessary to raise a new generation of software engineers under the tutelage of maintainers who can rely on a strong support system to do their work. Programs like Google Summer of Code do this better. Programs where a marketing department spends $5,000 on T-Shirts to flood maintainers with garbage and clothe people in ads are doing the opposite: hurting open source.
 
 => https://twitter.com/shitoberfest Check out @shitoberfest on Twitter for more Hacktoberfest garbage.
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+Update 2020-10-03: Digital Ocean has updated their rules), among other things asking maintainers to opt-in, to reduce spam.
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+=> https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update Digital Ocean: Hacktoberfest update
diff --git a/content/blog/Spamtoberfest.md b/content/blog/Spamtoberfest.md
@@ -89,3 +89,7 @@ ads are doing the opposite: *hurting* open source.
 
 Check out [@shitoberfest on Twitter](https://twitter.com/shitoberfest) for more
 Hacktoberfest garbage.
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+**Update 2020-10-03**: Digital Ocean
+[has updated their rules](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update),
+among other things asking maintainers to opt-in, to reduce spam.