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What you're describing is called bikeshedding. I'd bet people generally feel like it's easier to "contribute" to a drawing than to something that looks more con
by sli 7y ago
What you're describing is called bikeshedding. I'd bet people generally feel like it's easier to "contribute" to a drawing than to something that looks more concrete, like a demo or semi-functional mockup.
- bluGill 7y agoNo, bike shedding is different. Bike shedding is a pointless contribution to something just to prove you thought about it. This is about a situation where you are being asked to contribute, but not giving the contribution wanted.
- Rychard 7y agoThis is incorrect. Bikeshedding[1] applies when people prefer to discuss less complicated issues rather than those of a higher priority (which are more complicated). It's not that discussions on such topics are pointless, but rather that they are of relatively minor importance in the grand scheme of things. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding
- bluGill 7y agoBike shedding is when you discussion irrelevant issues. If I ask you what do you think of about this shade of red for my bike shed your answer isn't bike shedding. If I ask you if I can build a bike shed and you tell me only if it is red that is bike shedding. When I ask someone for an opinion on my mock up and they give one it isn't bike shedding. That different mock ups will get a different response is interesting, but no response is bike shedding even if some responses are useless.
- squarefoot 7y ago"Bike shedding is a pointless contribution to something just to prove you thought about it." Isn't that related to the famous "duck"? That is, something completely useless added to a project (like a UI widget that does not contribute to the functionality) still very noticeable so that it will act as a sacrifical goat, saving other stuff the developers don't want to be messed with by upper management bikeshedders.