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Actually, I'd argue that these obnoxious distractions wouldn't be contributors or users unless it was somehow contributing to their moral agenda of "being right
by de_nied 6y ago
Actually, I'd argue that these obnoxious distractions wouldn't be contributors or users unless it was somehow contributing to their moral agenda of "being right."
Seeing Github and Linus crumble under these political and moral crusaders was unfortunate. I was glad to see that the maintainer in that project basically told them to hit the road because they were asking to remove a major contributor, without contributing anything themselves (unless you count their opinions and endless complaining as contributions).
- pengaru 6y ago> Actually, I'd argue that these obnoxious distractions wouldn't be contributors or users unless it was somehow contributing to their moral agenda of "being right." I didn't mean to suggest these nuisances are a meaningful part of the user/contributor community. It's just they don't generally make an appearance unless there's an audience. Thinly veiled attention whores, leaving behind a particularly toxic wake of destruction. I'd have a lot more respect for such crusades if they were performed anonymously without buying favor among their peers or currency in the form of followers/likes/retweets/whatever.
- de_nied 6y ago> I didn't mean to suggest these nuisances are a meaningful part of the user/contributor community. It's just they don't generally make an appearance unless there's an audience. I meant the projects that they contribute to aren't usually anything more than something extremely basic, or something that was made specifically for social justice.