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Yes and no. Helpful and constructive feedback is helping, especially if you can communicate with technical / product awareness. Most user won't recognize a (po
by chiefalchemist 4y ago
Yes and no. Helpful and constructive feedback is helping, especially if you can communicate with technical / product awareness.
Most user won't recognize a (possible) bug. Of those a small percentage will consider mentioning it. Even fewer will actually follow through.
- jonnycomputer 4y agoWriting a rude, demanding, and insulting rant is not being helpful. Even when the content can, theoretically, be helpful, the psychological cost on someone who is doing this for free is really too much. Its a great way to get the maintainer to quit.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoI didn't say it was. I was commenting on the comment above me and pointing out that honest feedback can be a form of help. It doesn't have to be a PR.