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> everyone has a right to expect help and a right to give help This might make sense when asking a stranger for directions or for someone to help with your car
by infodroid 9y ago
> everyone has a right to expect help and a right to give help
This might make sense when asking a stranger for directions or for someone to help with your car problem, because the relationship is 1:1.
But this breaks down in contexts where scale is a factor.
When assisting users of your project, the relationship is 1:many. And if the project is popular, it is unfair to expect the author to be helping so many people.
- sorokod 9y agoI don't really see how 1:to many makes any difference in principle. Perhaps you were thinking of the amount of effort to help the many? As in 1:1 case it is up to the helper to decide how many resources, if any, to spend on helping. A society where the default position is that people deserve help is different from one that is based on the survival of the fittest.
- infodroid 9y agoEven if the default position is to help, it can't be unconditional, there are limits. You don't have a right to expect help when it places an unreasonable burden on the helper.