> Again, your outlook is toxic to newcomers. I disagree. > you should be capable of crafting that criticism in a way that isn't mean spirited and rude. As I

> Again, your outlook is toxic to newcomers. I disagree. > you should be capable of crafting that criticism in a way that isn't mean spirited and rude. As I suggested, perhaps you could give some positive criticism of your own, and give your review. Not doing that means you're demanding I do something which you won't do. This is not a trivial point. I'll bet that you'll find it difficult to craft a technical review which points out the flaws in his software, without anyone being able to claim it's being "mean and rude". Try it. Please. > I wish more projects and communities had code of conduct rules That's nice. But I wish more projects had code of conduct rules on people asking questions. I've been doing open source for 20+ years. There is a large subset of people who don't read the documentation, don't ask good questions, who ignore all attempts to help them... ... but ... their behavior is superficially polite. Until they get frustrated that "no one is helping them", and they start complaining that everyone is being mean to them. That behavior is toxic, and I have no patience for it. Yet strangely, I've yet to see a "code of conduct" which deals with this issue. It's open source... you shouldn't demand that other people help you, no matter how politely you make that request. And (as with most such arguments I've had), I'll note that you're more offended by my comments than the author is. Such over-sensitivity seems to me "problematic". The author is an adult. He can clearly take criticism. Perhaps learning from his example would be good.