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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by kiol to c/linux
 

Hi, I'm considering how to put together a contribute to open source contest, which will gets listeners of my podcast, but also whoever is interested, to submit to their favorite open source projects as a contributor. Thinking of offering prizes (possible multiple) based on pull requests, bug filing, documentation writing.

Want this to be a fun, and successful, contest over two or three months. I know some Nextcloud employees told me they once tried a contest and felt too many submissions were questionable at best in terms of effort.

What do you think, Lemmy peeps?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you could narrow the field a bit by identifying projects that need help (have actively expressed desire). That could help avoid the Nextcloud issue you mentioned. Limit the contest to that list of projects.

[โ€“] kiol 2 points 1 week ago

Great idea! Happy to do this, perhaps by asking projects if they would like to participate (and what they would like particular help on)