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Very much this. The most unpleasant part of running an open source project is feedback from some toxic users. Many of them behave as if you work for them, and d
by Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago
Very much this. The most unpleasant part of running an open source project is feedback from some toxic users. Many of them behave as if you work for them, and demand all kinds of privileges, or else they'll give you 1 star rating on Google play!
- avg_dev 4y agoDaniel Stenberg, the lead maintainer of cURL, has some interesting tweets about this topic. In fact several of the toxic comments he posts are from people who seem to lack a basic understanding of what the project even provides. https://twitter.com/bagder/status/1561459354431275009 https://twitter.com/bagder/status/1561459354431275009 https://twitter.com/bagder/status/1535188747427405824 https://twitter.com/bagder/status/1535188747427405824 Just to provide some counterbalance there's also this: https://twitter.com/bagder/status/1552414274101940225 https://twitter.com/bagder/status/1552414274101940225 He has an interesting guide on his thoughts on maintaining open-source as well. Here's the People section: https://un.curl.dev/people https://un.curl.dev/people