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Yeah, the main difference is software is accessible online so it's competing on a worldwide stage. This make people feel there's an abundance of software and th
by shprd 2y ago
Yeah, the main difference is software is accessible online so it's competing on a worldwide stage. This make people feel there's an abundance of software and they get picky.
This is totally fine from economic perspective. But when it comes to side projects that aren't selling to consumers, there's no reason to bring down someone if you see no value in their work. Especially when they're sharing it for free with no expectations, like most software side projects we see here hosted on GitHub.
Look at many show HN, someone sharing their little fun project, then you've some entitled users asking
What does this offer over this product of fortune 500 company? Why should I use it?
Often the side project still have some advantage but do these people realize how ridiculous and entitled they sound? The author shared a fun project for free, they're not asking for a billion $ investment.
- layer8 2y ago> Especially when they're sharing it for free with no expectations I doubt that most creators sharing their work as a Show HN have no expectations.
- shprd 2y agoWhat are the expectations? Considering i'm specifically talking about free software often hosted on GitHub?
- layer8 2y agoWhat do you think motivates people to submit a Show HN? Typically they expect to get something out of it that they don’t get by their project just sitting on GitHub.
- shprd 2y agoI don't know about you but I'm speaking from experience, not hypothetically. I shared multiple open source side projects where I made something for myself then shared it with the world. > Typically they expect to get something out of it that they don’t get by their project just sitting on GitHub. Can you expand? the vast majority of open source projects don't make a dime. I don't see the ulterior motive you're talking about. Unless you mean like they get more GitHub stars?
- KolmogorovComp 2y agoclout
- layer8 2y agoWhat motivated you to share them? What outcome did you expect? I’m not talking about revenue. I’m talking about the fact that sharing their creation usually comes with expectations of some (at least psychological) benefit for the sharer. For example, some people want to receive praise for the project. Or they may want to attract collaborators. Still others actually do seek criticism in order to potentially improve the work. Therefore, “sharing without expectations” doesn’t seem a likely occurrence in that context. People do have expectations, if only unconsciously, and others react with the understanding of such expectations being present.
- shprd 2y agoBut there was nothing demanded that the users needed to do. Just "Hey I made this cool thing and it does XYZ." That was my point. If the word 'expectations' entails things like one feeling good about making a small difference in the world then I meant something else and that was a poor choice of words on my part.
- ClumsyPilot 2y ago> Typically they expect to get something out of it that Where do I begin ? Satisfaction, narcissism, sense of self-worth, approval, love they never got from their parents…
- ClumsyPilot 2y ago> What does this offer over this product of fortune 500 company? Why should I use it? It’s worse, “what does it offer for a Fortune 500 company”