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I really wish these "torch and pitchfork" posts were declared off-topic. A discussion on what/when to auto-download and how would be useful, but comments on the
by arp242 2y ago
I really wish these "torch and pitchfork" posts were declared off-topic. A discussion on what/when to auto-download and how would be useful, but comments on these kind of submissions are almost always just ranting/complaining about how bad $x is, what idiots people are, and things like this.
> And people wonder why foss devs burn out.
I have slowly become convinced that the open source community has been infiltrated by trolls from, eh, I don't know – something or someone that doesn't like open source. I have no direct evidence for this, but it does seem to align with observed facts.
A few days ago someone posted some hobby project they worked on, and of course one of the replies was some unhinged rant about how the chosen $language wasn't any good and how they would "rather kill myself" than use that language... Okay... I don't think any normal personal can get get that triggered by someone's hobby project, hence my conclusion: infiltration by trolls.
- LightFog 2y agoTurning issue trackers into Emoji riddled social media platforms will do that alright.
- arp242 2y agoWhat does that have to do with anything...?
- LightFog 2y agoIt is easy to jump back and forward between this social media platform and the issue tracker. What do you think is incentivising the pitchforks you are complaining about - where do you think they want the angry mob to vent? The gamified issue tracker is where.
- arp242 2y agoThere is nothing "gamified" about the issue tracker; it's just an issue tracker. The ability to vote is useful or many reasons and something many issue trackers have, going back decades. And these type of submissions happen with e.g. the Firefox bugzilla tracker too, and some other things.