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> Oops, if you could make a quick PR to fix that it'd be great! You might get some seemingly strange or flippant reactions to this, and since you wrote it, I f
by moosedev 4y ago
> Oops, if you could make a quick PR to fix that it'd be great!
You might get some seemingly strange or flippant reactions to this, and since you wrote it, I figured you might benefit from some insight into why some people might react negatively.
GP pointed out a tiny bug in good faith. Your reply asking them to fix the bug they found in your code comes across (to me, I'm sure not everyone sees it this way!) as a little presumptuous or entitled, I think because there's no expectation in this context that GP was signing up to "do work" (check out the repo, make a change, submit a PR to you) for your project.
A less... feather-ruffling response might have thanked GP for the bug report and maybe also mentioned the repo link in case GP or anyone would like to contribute, vs. straight-up asking GP to do the work.
Maybe someone else can weigh in with more detail. Or disagree vehemently with the vibes I'm trying to illuminate :)
- x86a 4y agoyeah, this. It is very tone deaf to assume someone cares enough to contribute a typo fix to your personal blog. A better response would have been "whoops, fixed! thanks for pointing that out"
- sqs 4y agoI think it's cool when websites are editable. If I found a typo on a site, I'd enjoy the overall experience of fixing it myself more than asking it to be fixed. I realize not everybody is the same.
- moosedev 4y agoI actually feel the same :) Just trying to help OP navigate tone and context a bit better here.
- Ancalagon 4y agoDidn’t see the original reply from OP. I actually looked for about 1s to find a way to make a PR then got distracted by some work :)