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As somebody who participated in an open-source project, I know the feeling. Whatever you decide at any decision point, there would be people that would loudly c
by smsm42 6y ago
As somebody who participated in an open-source project, I know the feeling. Whatever you decide at any decision point, there would be people that would loudly claim only an idiot could do something so obviously stupid. It's tough and sometimes exhausting and discouraging. But I never seen a single case where publicly flipping off people and calling them "haters" and proclaiming you do not care for their concerns (however badly expressed) helped anything. Even as a joke, it's not a kind of joke that usually plays out well.
- acdha 6y agoWhy is it her job to make a mob happy? She was targeted for nasty treatment and doesn’t owe them anything. It would be nice if there was a way to get those people to start contributing positively to the world but their decision not to do so is their responsibility alone. If this made her feel better after having to put up with that, I’m not going to fault her for it.
- smsm42 6y agoIt's not her job to make a mob happy. It's also not her job to make users and contributors sad because it looks like she is callously dismissing their concerns and calling them "haters". There are other, better ways to make oneself feel better than making other people feel worse.