At this point, Inktober is more of a brand than a fun artistic exercise, and taking part only helps to spread it. If artists want to take part in such an exercise, they are far better off partaking in one of the many offshoots that popped up in response to the controversy.

And, to be honest, I find such hashtags --due to the nature of algorithmic social media-- often turn into dick measuring contests, rather than being an actual fun drawing exercise. Just look at the number of fully rendered colour pieces that turn up in the Inktober hashtag on other platforms.