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I hang around a few FOSS communities, and the idealism is even more exhausting there. Most people just want to build and use cool or useful things - the zealotr
by duped 4y ago
I hang around a few FOSS communities, and the idealism is even more exhausting there. Most people just want to build and use cool or useful things - the zealotry over the FOS part of FOSS has a tendency to produce toxic communities imo.
- yadoomerta 4y agoBuilding cool and useful things is idealistic! Making things people can enjoy and sharing them with the world is wonderful and something not found in a lot of companies. I think the zealotry is being protectionist trying to keep things fun and useful and not tainted by the need to extract a profit
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- em-bee 4y agoseems more of a personal problem, if i may say so. i have absolutely no problem with the idealism in FOSS communities. for one because it's not fake. the people i know really believe in what they are doing and they honestly volunteer to make the world a better place. if you don't see that then maybe you are not meeting the right people. those who do the work just get along fine. they are not bad-mouthing others for not doing it right. and people who refuse to work with non-free software, that's their choice, that doesn't make them zealots. and i haven't seen any example of where that would make a community toxic. that doesn't mean that there is no toxicity, i am sure there is. but not more than what you can find right here on hackernews.