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> Everytime I see anything related to the open source world bubble up into the public I am only reminded of high school and college level social drama. This is
by munificent 4y ago
> Everytime I see anything related to the open source world bubble up into the public I am only reminded of high school and college level social drama.
This is entirely explained by survivorship bias. The matural social interactions which are the bread and butter of open source never bubble up to your purview because they aren't dramatic and interesting.
- TillE 4y agoThis is such a key insight into understanding the world in general. What you see vs what's actually going on overall are two completely different things.
- ianbutler 4y agoI wish those mature normal dynamics got more spotlight, not just in OSS but the general world. All the air is taken up by drama like this.
- MRtecno98 4y agoThe general world would not care tbf, if you want to know just go read some oss mailing list
- ianbutler 4y agoI didn't mean "mature normal dynamics" of open source. I meant that in general humans prefer outrage and drama to things working well and people having functional discourse and I wish the latter was celebrated more.