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38804: meta: Something needs to be done about stasis. It is falling apart at this point. People have been waiting multiple months for project reviews, and no questions are getting answered. Ysws’s with hackathons should not just be stopped as soon as the irl event is over. No one's questions are being answered in #C09JP51FHNE and this goes WAY back. People are being left clueless about projects, and especially beginners. It is sad to see new people come to such an amazing community and get ghosted not even as an event is over.
So many people are actively trying to transfer projects to other ysws’s because nothing is getting done in stasis. Tons of people are also wondering about blinky board bundles! Nothing is being shipped, and people have been getting approved months ago. Also tamagotchis are not being sent out. People, and especially beginners are being left clueless because the stasis staff are letting this program fall apart. It is super discouraging to so many people to see this program fall apart in front of them.
The organizers have a duty to fulfill when it comes to events like these, and they have completely abandoned them. It is disappointing to have all these people organizing this event and absolutely nothing is getting done.
So many people are actively trying to transfer projects to other ysws’s because nothing is getting done in stasis. Tons of people are also wondering about blinky board bundles! Nothing is being shipped, and people have been getting approved months ago. Also tamagotchis are not being sent out. People, and especially beginners are being left clueless because the stasis staff are letting this program fall apart. It is super discouraging to so many people to see this program fall apart in front of them.
The organizers have a duty to fulfill when it comes to events like these, and they have completely abandoned them. It is disappointing to have all these people organizing this event and absolutely nothing is getting done.
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I found what seems like an inconsistency in Hack Club's reward system.
One of the rewards allows users to redeem points for Anthropic-related rewards, including Claude Pro subscriptions. Normally this wouldn't seem unusual, but Hack Club has many members under the age of 18 (including me), while Anthropic's public policy states that Claude is only available to users who are 18 or older.
Some of my friends redeemed these rewards, purchased Claude subscriptions, and later had their accounts restricted or banned due to suspected underage use.
Because of this, I'm confused about how these rewards are intended to work. If users under 18 are not allowed to use Claude according to Anthropic's policies, why are rewards that can be used to obtain Claude subscriptions being offered through a program that includes many minors?
Is there a specific agreement, exception, or policy that allows under-18 participants to redeem these rewards, or is this an unintended loophole?
Source:https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13117299-minimum-age-requirement-access-restriction
One of the rewards allows users to redeem points for Anthropic-related rewards, including Claude Pro subscriptions. Normally this wouldn't seem unusual, but Hack Club has many members under the age of 18 (including me), while Anthropic's public policy states that Claude is only available to users who are 18 or older.
Some of my friends redeemed these rewards, purchased Claude subscriptions, and later had their accounts restricted or banned due to suspected underage use.
Because of this, I'm confused about how these rewards are intended to work. If users under 18 are not allowed to use Claude according to Anthropic's policies, why are rewards that can be used to obtain Claude subscriptions being offered through a program that includes many minors?
Is there a specific agreement, exception, or policy that allows under-18 participants to redeem these rewards, or is this an unintended loophole?
Source:https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13117299-minimum-age-requirement-access-restriction
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the streak system, as it currently exists, has some problems. here's how it could be improved!
(macondo is currently the only ysws i can think of that has an active streak system, but i believe stardance is lined up to have one as well from what i can see in #C0AR0M43H61.)
currently, streaks in HC require 1 hour of work per day; the idea is that this will compel people to consistently work on their projects. however, this doesn't take into account a few factors:
1. not everyone works on projects at the same pace or with the same schedule. some might do 0 hours on the weekdays, then do 7 hours on the weekend! the daily streak system punishes those who choose to code at their own pace.
2. not every project progresses the same way - some of my projects are at a standstill (i.e. i'm waiting on something to keep working) and there's not really 1 hour worth of work to do... then after the thing i'm waiting on is done, there will be many, many hours of work to do.
3. sometimes, you run out of stuff to work on your project - and that incentivizes something interesting: ONLY doing 1 hour of coding a day. theoretically, there's no reason to do anything above that, since if you can only get about X hours of code out of Y project, you should spread them out among the greatest amount of days to get the highest streak possible.
in this thread:
• work x hours in a week instead of 1 hour per day - allows more flexibility in schedule, while still encouraging consistent shipping
• lower the daily requirement of 1 hour - still works to encourage consistent work, while not requiring so much work to be done
• other systems that also reward shipping higher amounts of hours in one day (? a bit iffy on this one) - solves the issue of the "optimal strategy" being to only do one hour of code per day, as there would be other reasons to do more than that minimum
lowkey this is not my best work posted in meta due to not a lot of great solutions, so i'd love to see what you guys come up with as well! (or if you guys think i'm silly and that the streak system is perfect as is)
and as always, thank you meta! :)
(macondo is currently the only ysws i can think of that has an active streak system, but i believe stardance is lined up to have one as well from what i can see in #C0AR0M43H61.)
currently, streaks in HC require 1 hour of work per day; the idea is that this will compel people to consistently work on their projects. however, this doesn't take into account a few factors:
1. not everyone works on projects at the same pace or with the same schedule. some might do 0 hours on the weekdays, then do 7 hours on the weekend! the daily streak system punishes those who choose to code at their own pace.
2. not every project progresses the same way - some of my projects are at a standstill (i.e. i'm waiting on something to keep working) and there's not really 1 hour worth of work to do... then after the thing i'm waiting on is done, there will be many, many hours of work to do.
3. sometimes, you run out of stuff to work on your project - and that incentivizes something interesting: ONLY doing 1 hour of coding a day. theoretically, there's no reason to do anything above that, since if you can only get about X hours of code out of Y project, you should spread them out among the greatest amount of days to get the highest streak possible.
in this thread:
sometimes with macondo i feel like not working on a new feature just because i can use that for tommorow's streakhow can this be remedied?
• work x hours in a week instead of 1 hour per day - allows more flexibility in schedule, while still encouraging consistent shipping
• lower the daily requirement of 1 hour - still works to encourage consistent work, while not requiring so much work to be done
• other systems that also reward shipping higher amounts of hours in one day (? a bit iffy on this one) - solves the issue of the "optimal strategy" being to only do one hour of code per day, as there would be other reasons to do more than that minimum
lowkey this is not my best work posted in meta due to not a lot of great solutions, so i'd love to see what you guys come up with as well! (or if you guys think i'm silly and that the streak system is perfect as is)
and as always, thank you meta! :)
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Hello, i was trying to explain HC to a friend , and it was very hard explaining what a YSWS is or who orgs it, reviews , HCB, Slack and how do they send you money all that, its really hard and must be also confusing for new people who don't have anyone to ask, so i was wondering why not have an onboard video that explains all this and be relatively simple, it could be any where from 2 to 8 mins explaining all the stuff and going into details or could be in a step format on signing in into HC shipping your project and waiting for reviews and saying how long it will take where to buy and how will they send you stuff.
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Related to this post: in my opinion, late fulfillment should result in a fine to the YSWS relative to time and value, like how bad unified justifications etc. result in fines too. This would help speed up fulfillment tremendously I think
(ofc things like supplier delays happen but they are the outlier not the norm)
(ofc things like supplier delays happen but they are the outlier not the norm)
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ok i've been thinking about it for a while and i believe Hack Club has a "revolving door" when it comes to selecting reviewers for a given program.
basically, the people who have reviewed for 10 other programs are 100x more likely to get selected for the 11th program than a person with 0 reviewing experience.
this basically makes people who have never reviewed before have basically no chance of getting selected
i know organizers do this because they don't want to teach new reviewers how to review, but i think its a little bit unfair
i think hack club programs should do two things:
- allow people to review for one program at a time
- reserve a certain number of reviewer spots for people who have never reviewed before (2 spots out of 10)
basically, the people who have reviewed for 10 other programs are 100x more likely to get selected for the 11th program than a person with 0 reviewing experience.
this basically makes people who have never reviewed before have basically no chance of getting selected
i know organizers do this because they don't want to teach new reviewers how to review, but i think its a little bit unfair
i think hack club programs should do two things:
- allow people to review for one program at a time
- reserve a certain number of reviewer spots for people who have never reviewed before (2 spots out of 10)
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Hi! I have posted a discussion about #C0B6RUQJ1EW in https://flarum.ani.hackclub.app/d/9-stack-concerns I would love to hear some of your opinions!
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38765: [meta] could hack club make reduced animation options a policy? i have reduced animations enabled, but the horizons website has these really really big animations that aren't disabled at all (in meta because i've seen this other places as well, just horizons is the latest one i've noticed!). this can be an accessibility issue.
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38759: :meta: here’s an idea (unless there’s some obvious reason this wouldn’t work):
outside of major events, most shops need you to complete a YSWS to get credits for rewards. which makes sense, but it also means people kinda have to follow a specific format for what counts toward that YSWS.
what if there was also a general global shop outside of YSWS + events? it could just have cheaper/lower-cost stuff (stickers, grant cards, etc.) and use a lower hours-to-tokens ratio. that way people who are mostly just tinkering/building random things could still earn something without needing it to fit into a specific YSWS.
(ai was used for rephrasing.)
outside of major events, most shops need you to complete a YSWS to get credits for rewards. which makes sense, but it also means people kinda have to follow a specific format for what counts toward that YSWS.
what if there was also a general global shop outside of YSWS + events? it could just have cheaper/lower-cost stuff (stickers, grant cards, etc.) and use a lower hours-to-tokens ratio. that way people who are mostly just tinkering/building random things could still earn something without needing it to fit into a specific YSWS.
(ai was used for rephrasing.)
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38741: :meta: Hi!
Could we get an update on fulfillment for the sleepover? People have been asking about their orders in the channel and aren't getting a response.
It would be really helpful if a message could be posted in the bulletin channel to let us know that fulfillment is delayed, that all the messages regarding the orders will be acknowledged, and that the shop will remain open for an extended period due to the lack of response.
AI was used for rephrasing.
Could we get an update on fulfillment for the sleepover? People have been asking about their orders in the channel and aren't getting a response.
It would be really helpful if a message could be posted in the bulletin channel to let us know that fulfillment is delayed, that all the messages regarding the orders will be acknowledged, and that the shop will remain open for an extended period due to the lack of response.
AI was used for rephrasing.
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What if we had two vote tallies?
One for agreeing/disagreeing, and one for whether the post is constructive or not.
It would help differentiate between votes for disagreement and votes for not being constructive. It would also allow for people to upvote a post for being constructive while still disagreeing with the content.
Overtime, we would also be able to pull posts as examples of constructive conversation starters.
This could be done as a trial period for x weeks to see how it plays out.
One for agreeing/disagreeing, and one for whether the post is constructive or not.
It would help differentiate between votes for disagreement and votes for not being constructive. It would also allow for people to upvote a post for being constructive while still disagreeing with the content.
Overtime, we would also be able to pull posts as examples of constructive conversation starters.
This could be done as a trial period for x weeks to see how it plays out.
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hi meta, im max, a 2026 irl summer intern running a hardware ysws!
i'm trying to make my ysws interesting and rewarding for a broad range of people, including newbies, so please reply even if you haven't done hardware before!
some feedback im looking for:
• what would motivate newbies to join / what's stopping you from building your (first) hardware projects?
• what have you liked in past hardware programs?
• how is fulfillment/review?
• is there anything you'd like to see done differently or added? if so, how?
this thread will also be shared within the hardware org community and will lead to actual changes! thanks meta, see u this summer!
i'm trying to make my ysws interesting and rewarding for a broad range of people, including newbies, so please reply even if you haven't done hardware before!
some feedback im looking for:
• what would motivate newbies to join / what's stopping you from building your (first) hardware projects?
• what have you liked in past hardware programs?
• how is fulfillment/review?
• is there anything you'd like to see done differently or added? if so, how?
this thread will also be shared within the hardware org community and will lead to actual changes! thanks meta, see u this summer!
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I don't have the time or sanity to argue about this but yall really need to stop. It's not constructive to anything and all it does is frustrate/annoy me, a person with 200+ notifications on slack at any given time who is just doing their best to improve & maintain hq infrastructure.
i'm referring to the 🧵 and :threadparrot: reactions on the follow-up message i sent in #C05SVRTCDGV that are really unnecessary and quite frankly annoying - if threading matters so much you will die if i don't, then add an anchored message saying the channel is threaded, or put "THREADS ONLY" in the channel description.
what's worse is that when i raised this, the people reacting argued back with me, rather than just saying sorry (also derailing the conversation). like seriously guys :sob-wx:
i'm referring to the 🧵 and :threadparrot: reactions on the follow-up message i sent in #C05SVRTCDGV that are really unnecessary and quite frankly annoying - if threading matters so much you will die if i don't, then add an anchored message saying the channel is threaded, or put "THREADS ONLY" in the channel description.
what's worse is that when i raised this, the people reacting argued back with me, rather than just saying sorry (also derailing the conversation). like seriously guys :sob-wx:
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38731: :meta:: It's so cool to see as someone who's been attending events for a while the extent to which Athena expanded the participation of women in hack club beyond Athena programs. There were genuinely so many more girls at hack club the game than there have been previously.
This is also evidence of Athena doing its job of expanding the participation of women in stem.
I look with hope toward the future for the effects of further efforts of Athena.
This is also evidence of Athena doing its job of expanding the participation of women in stem.
I look with hope toward the future for the effects of further efforts of Athena.
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