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I have zero expectation that you’d reply. Most conservations on hn don’t end because they wrapped up neatly but because someone had something more important to
by lovich 4y ago
I have zero expectation that you’d reply. Most conservations on hn don’t end because they wrapped up neatly but because someone had something more important to do and walked away from the conversation.
There are obligations other than money, but none of those exist here. There’s no contractual obligation. He put out something for free and doesn’t need to take an iota of criticism on it by people freeloading. He obviously can, and if he wants certain goals like increasing his user base it might be the smart move to respond to these type of people, but there are no obligations.
- teddyh 4y ago> if he wants certain goals like increasing his user base it might be the smart move to respond to these type of people, but there are no obligations. That sounds like a social and/or cultural obligation to me.
- lovich 4y agoHow does that create an obligation? What do you mean by the term, we may be talking past each other
- teddyh 4y agoA social obligation, in short, is something which a person would be rude not to do, but is not required by law. I’m sure you can think of examples. I am putting forth my opinion that fixing bugs, regardless of how rude a bug report is, is a social obligation.