4 ms·

At least he's making something. We should foster an atmosphere of encouragement, even if the idea seems silly. Who knows what it could grow into one day? You

by palish 16y ago

At least he's making something. We should foster an atmosphere of encouragement, even if the idea seems silly. Who knows what it could grow into one day? You might not have intended to be so mean-spirited. I know I've sounded that way in the past. What helped me was to offer some kind of suggestions for improvement along with whatever criticisms I was dishing out. (Rather than just pointing out all of the flaws.)

damncabbage 16y ago
My suggestion for improvement would be: "Don't advertise your project as a 'Dropbox Replacement' unless you actually are."
- Maxious 16y ago
  Same as iPod/iPhone/iPad/Facebook/Twitter/email killer. You can call yourself the iPad killer after you've killed the iPad.
- hardik988 16y ago
  I think he advertised it as a 'Personal Dropbox Replacement' which suggests he probably just made it for himself and is releasing it to everyone if they wish to use it. This project is open-source, has no domain name of it's own, no fancy video explaining how it works, no bullet-points explaining why people should dump Dropbox and start using his project, and the author doesn't seem intent on making money from it by advertising it as a 'personal Dropbox Replacement'. It's quite evident that only programmers are going to use this product, considering the dependencies and relative complexity of install procedure. I don't see anything wrong with the way he has advertised his project as a 'Personal Dropbox Replacement'
wccrawford 16y ago
Criticism is a thing that's hard to do right. If you're too kind, they think you aren't serious or are stupid, and they ignore it. If you're too mean, people berate you for being mean. Criticism is extremely valuable to a developer and they should be able to overlook any insults (intended or accidental) and absorb the mean of the criticism. In this case, the criticism is that the project doesn't work as advertised. It is -not- a 'replacement for Dropbox'. You could probably stretch as far as 'Dropbox-like personal storage system using Git' or some such, but even mentioning Dropbox is iffy, since their whole model is user-friendliness.

by palish 16y ago

damncabbage 16y ago

My suggestion for improvement would be: "Don't advertise your project as a 'Dropbox Replacement' unless you actually are."

Maxious 16y ago
Same as iPod/iPhone/iPad/Facebook/Twitter/email killer. You can call yourself the iPad killer after you've killed the iPad.
hardik988 16y ago
I think he advertised it as a 'Personal Dropbox Replacement' which suggests he probably just made it for himself and is releasing it to everyone if they wish to use it. This project is open-source, has no domain name of it's own, no fancy video explaining how it works, no bullet-points explaining why people should dump Dropbox and start using his project, and the author doesn't seem intent on making money from it by advertising it as a 'personal Dropbox Replacement'. It's quite evident that only programmers are going to use this product, considering the dependencies and relative complexity of install procedure. I don't see anything wrong with the way he has advertised his project as a 'Personal Dropbox Replacement'

wccrawford 16y ago

Criticism is a thing that's hard to do right. If you're too kind, they think you aren't serious or are stupid, and they ignore it. If you're too mean, people berate you for being mean. Criticism is extremely valuable to a developer and they should be able to overlook any insults (intended or accidental) and absorb the mean of the criticism. In this case, the criticism is that the project doesn't work as advertised. It is -not- a 'replacement for Dropbox'. You could probably stretch as far as 'Dropbox-like personal storage system using Git' or some such, but even mentioning Dropbox is iffy, since their whole model is user-friendliness.