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The open source project that needs you are the very ones that are unkind, not supportive with less talented teams. Someone needs to join them and lead, to show

• sanderjd 11y ago
  That sounds nice, but in practice it is likely to be an exercise in futility and frustration.
  • Manishearth 11y ago
    Agree to some extent, but it depends on the team though. From what I've seen there are many projects that aren't kind, but they aren't too unkind either. Or if they are unkind, it's not by conscious choice -- just what happens when you get people coming from other unkind projects. Not people who want the project to be unkind, mind you, just people who are used to that and okay with it. Such projects can benefit a lot from a few empathetic community members.
    • sanderjd 11y ago
      From what I've seen of you in the Rust community, you might be one of the people who has the chops to actually make a large positive impact on a project's community. But for me, at least right now, without practicing a bunch, I think it would be futile and frustrating, and I suspect most people are in that boat.
      • Manishearth 11y ago
        :) Yeah, I'm not suggesting that anyone throw themselves into a toxic environment with the goal of fixing things. I'm not one of those people either (but I have tremendous respect for those who are). Just saying that it's not a dichotomy -- there's a lot of space in between kind and unkind for communities which are tolerable and can be improved. YMMV though :)