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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by latexr on Thursday January 22, 2026 @06:31AM (#46717871)
It’s still ongoing. The difference is they now no longer offer t-shirts (at one point they planted trees instead, unsure if that still happens), and projects must opt-in.
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by david_allison on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:11AM (#46718776)
They offered T-Shirts in 2025
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by latexr on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:35AM (#46719046)
Thank you for the correction. I thought they had stopped that but I see you’re right. Seems to be more restrictive, though.

https://hacktoberfest.com/participation/

> Swag - Get an exclusive Hacktoberfest T-Shirt, but its only for ‘Super Contributors’ who contribute 6 accepted PR/MRs to a worthy repository. (T&Cs Apply | Valid only for the first 10,000 contributors completing 6 PR/MR)

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