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What peril? Why is everyone treating online outrage mobs as if they had any power or authority? Who cares if some unimportant anonymous commentator thinks a for
by quotemstr 7y ago
What peril? Why is everyone treating online outrage mobs as if they had any power or authority? Who cares if some unimportant anonymous commentator thinks a fork is aggressive?
- steveklabnik 7y agoIf you are trying to get people to use your project, understanding how those people perceive your project is step 1.
- quotemstr 7y agoAgreed. But how do we define "people"? Are your prospective users all hanging out on Reddit and Twitter? Or are these two communities, as I believe, vocal but unrepresentative slices of a much larger potential silent user base?
- steveklabnik 7y agoTotally, I think that sometimes, forks do make sense! Sometimes, you have to be aggressive, and people will find it justified. io.js is a great example of this happening and working.