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> I've noticed in this thread that you're making low-effort, kind of rude posts about an important project I'm sorry if it came across like that. I didn't put
by verytrivial 6y ago
> I've noticed in this thread that you're making low-effort, kind of rude posts about an important project
I'm sorry if it came across like that. I didn't put this comment there to upset you or anyone, but this happens. I was referring to what appeared to be a design choices in how some projects present themselves to the world, not as a judgement around how important they are. I watched the whole video (with some skipping) for this post. My point was many people might not given the design choices made in how it was presented. I guess "important" projects don't even need to be popular or accessible to do what they need or want to do, and I was simply musing. e.g. You have an explanation for why OpenBSD presents itself they way it does because you are convinced of its value, so you see something different when you look at the homepage vs how ... nearly all? ... other people might see it. My point was is looks like it was designed by engineers with more important matters to think about, but that's some encoding not available to everyone. (And maybe that's okay, hence a small moat around the project.)
- verytrivial 6y agoI have realised since writing this that the topic is actually "gatekeeping". It can feel icky advocating for it. OP is a talented and driven creator who owes us exactly nothing in explanation, but if a hypothetical creator would prefer we at least watch the damn video that can be an entirely reasonable cost of entry. I guess my question was whether it was intentional! Sorry if my OpenBSD comparison clanged. That OS is righteous.