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https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/src/app/why-not-capcut/page.tsx https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr... Well

https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/src/app/why-not-capcut/page.tsx https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr... Well then.

pram 1y ago
I kinda wonder why ByteDance charges for anything in CapCut at all, considering it would make sense to make it as easy and cheap as possible to get more slop on TikTok?
- Aurornis 1y ago
  Simple: They charge because people pay for it. It’s the back door way to collect money from content creators and businesses. Most of the people I know who were using CapCut either had their employers pay for it or had some way to tax deduct it as part of their creator activities. Paying $20/month on top of an actual business is usually trivial, especially if it saves someone time or improves quality of the content. The TikTok slop posts aren’t spending any time perfecting their edits. They’re mass producing content as rapidly as they can from phone camera to TikTok
Aurornis 1y ago
> You probably use CapCut and think your video editing is special. You think your fucking TikTok with 47 transitions and 12 different fonts is going to get you some viral fame. You think loading up every goddamn effect in their library makes your content better. Wrong, motherfucker. I know this edgy style appeals to some people, but it’s a quick way to alienate most users. Nothing screams “this project is not for you” like copy that feels like it was targeted at impressing someone’s friends in an edgy Discord, not actual potential users. Although I don’t think this project is trying to appeal to a general audience with the level of technical expertise required to even begin to use it.
- deadbabe 1y ago
  This style is a way to fight back against the inevitable entitlement that people get when they use an open source software and then demand the creators do this and that. By dropping any pretense of being polite or approachable, you basically encourage people to shut the f*ck up and either be happy with what they got or else submit a PR.
  - ants_everywhere 1y ago
    The style is just standard insecure angry dude, it's not a way to fight back against anything. A good deal of the site is just them complaining they don't get access to free stuff from CapCut anymore. It's not "take it or leave it", it's "waah how dare you not give it to me."
    - deadbabe 1y ago
      If it’s open source you’re welcome to make a fork that removes all the foul language. Will it help?
  - Aurornis 1y ago
    It does the opposite. It selects for people who are drawn to harsh language and think calling people “motherfucker” is both normal and cool. Guess how those people are going to communicate right back to you when they want something?
  - rchaud 1y ago
    > By dropping any pretense of being polite or approachable Linus Torvalds does this without feeling the need to articulate himself like a Scarface character. It's not a coincidence that he was the primary author of the biggest open source project in the world.
- lucideer 1y ago
  While nobody is required to like the copy, or "brand" of any project, commercial or otherwise, I do feel like the rhetoric of your comment is largely grounded in a kind of "maximum appeasement" strategy that belongs in for-profit corporate marketing & isn't really appropriate in the open source community. For example: there's very reasonable arguments that COCs are needed to protect against actual material harm/bullying/abuse targeting individual contributors on projects but this copy specifically does none of that. In that context, it's just a matter of taste - there's no real reason to police tone that isn't harmful (to anything other than a bottom line).
  - nine_k 1y ago
    No need to police! But may make you despise. Or at least doubt. Emotions going way overboard are usually not good for engineering, or for open-source project governance. Aggressive negative emotions, doubly so.
  - Aurornis 1y ago
    > I do feel like the rhetoric of your comment is largely grounded in a kind of "maximum appeasement" strategy that belongs in for-profit corporate marketing & isn't really appropriate in the open source community. I’m not asking for corporate speak. I’m suggesting simple communication that explains the information without insulting the reader and calling them a “motherfucker” every other sentence would be less alienating > In that context, it's just a matter of taste - there's no real reason to police tone that isn't harmful (to anything other than a bottom line) I’m not here to police anything or anyone. They’re free to write as they please. I’m just pointing out that writing this way is a big red flag to a lot of people this project’s target audience is the edgelord crowd. If that’s what they’re aiming for then there’s nothing wrong with that, but I don’t think they realize how making strong appeals to that narrow target audience is a fast track to pigeon holing your project as an edgelord thing. Just taking one look at the low brow insults and trash talking in the GitHub issues confirms it.
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nojs 1y ago
Definitely AI generated
- rfl890 1y ago
  Looks like a parody of this website: https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
- vunderba 1y ago
  Definitely reads like your run-of-the-mill edgy LLM text. > "More "Get Pro" dialogs than a Windows 95 error message" That screams LLM. Makes absolutely zero sense if you actually grew up in the Win 9x era.
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alt187 1y ago
It's a parody of the https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ and personally, I love it. I'm not a 15 year old, and swear words in software don't fill me with angst and offence.
- eddythompson80 1y ago
  Oh wow, you’re such a grown up. How did you manage that?
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    I have no issues with https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/src/app/why-not-capcut/page.tsx https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr... nor with the aforementioned website either. In any case, is your question rhetorical? :D Many grownups take offense at both sites.

https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/src/app/why-not-capcut/page.tsx https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr... Well then.

pram 1y ago

I kinda wonder why ByteDance charges for anything in CapCut at all, considering it would make sense to make it as easy and cheap as possible to get more slop on TikTok?

Aurornis 1y ago
Simple: They charge because people pay for it. It’s the back door way to collect money from content creators and businesses. Most of the people I know who were using CapCut either had their employers pay for it or had some way to tax deduct it as part of their creator activities. Paying $20/month on top of an actual business is usually trivial, especially if it saves someone time or improves quality of the content. The TikTok slop posts aren’t spending any time perfecting their edits. They’re mass producing content as rapidly as they can from phone camera to TikTok

Aurornis 1y ago

> You probably use CapCut and think your video editing is special. You think your fucking TikTok with 47 transitions and 12 different fonts is going to get you some viral fame. You think loading up every goddamn effect in their library makes your content better. Wrong, motherfucker. I know this edgy style appeals to some people, but it’s a quick way to alienate most users. Nothing screams “this project is not for you” like copy that feels like it was targeted at impressing someone’s friends in an edgy Discord, not actual potential users. Although I don’t think this project is trying to appeal to a general audience with the level of technical expertise required to even begin to use it.

deadbabe 1y ago
This style is a way to fight back against the inevitable entitlement that people get when they use an open source software and then demand the creators do this and that. By dropping any pretense of being polite or approachable, you basically encourage people to shut the f*ck up and either be happy with what they got or else submit a PR.
- ants_everywhere 1y ago
  The style is just standard insecure angry dude, it's not a way to fight back against anything. A good deal of the site is just them complaining they don't get access to free stuff from CapCut anymore. It's not "take it or leave it", it's "waah how dare you not give it to me."
  - deadbabe 1y ago
    If it’s open source you’re welcome to make a fork that removes all the foul language. Will it help?
- Aurornis 1y ago
  It does the opposite. It selects for people who are drawn to harsh language and think calling people “motherfucker” is both normal and cool. Guess how those people are going to communicate right back to you when they want something?
- rchaud 1y ago
  > By dropping any pretense of being polite or approachable Linus Torvalds does this without feeling the need to articulate himself like a Scarface character. It's not a coincidence that he was the primary author of the biggest open source project in the world.
lucideer 1y ago
While nobody is required to like the copy, or "brand" of any project, commercial or otherwise, I do feel like the rhetoric of your comment is largely grounded in a kind of "maximum appeasement" strategy that belongs in for-profit corporate marketing & isn't really appropriate in the open source community. For example: there's very reasonable arguments that COCs are needed to protect against actual material harm/bullying/abuse targeting individual contributors on projects but this copy specifically does none of that. In that context, it's just a matter of taste - there's no real reason to police tone that isn't harmful (to anything other than a bottom line).
- nine_k 1y ago
  No need to police! But may make you despise. Or at least doubt. Emotions going way overboard are usually not good for engineering, or for open-source project governance. Aggressive negative emotions, doubly so.
- Aurornis 1y ago
  > I do feel like the rhetoric of your comment is largely grounded in a kind of "maximum appeasement" strategy that belongs in for-profit corporate marketing & isn't really appropriate in the open source community. I’m not asking for corporate speak. I’m suggesting simple communication that explains the information without insulting the reader and calling them a “motherfucker” every other sentence would be less alienating > In that context, it's just a matter of taste - there's no real reason to police tone that isn't harmful (to anything other than a bottom line) I’m not here to police anything or anyone. They’re free to write as they please. I’m just pointing out that writing this way is a big red flag to a lot of people this project’s target audience is the edgelord crowd. If that’s what they’re aiming for then there’s nothing wrong with that, but I don’t think they realize how making strong appeals to that narrow target audience is a fast track to pigeon holing your project as an edgelord thing. Just taking one look at the low brow insults and trash talking in the GitHub issues confirms it.
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nojs 1y ago

Definitely AI generated

rfl890 1y ago
Looks like a parody of this website: https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
vunderba 1y ago
Definitely reads like your run-of-the-mill edgy LLM text. > "More "Get Pro" dialogs than a Windows 95 error message" That screams LLM. Makes absolutely zero sense if you actually grew up in the Win 9x era.

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alt187 1y ago

It's a parody of the https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ and personally, I love it. I'm not a 15 year old, and swear words in software don't fill me with angst and offence.

eddythompson80 1y ago
Oh wow, you’re such a grown up. How did you manage that?
- johnisgood 1y ago
  I have no issues with https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/src/app/why-not-capcut/page.tsx https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut/blob/main/apps/web/sr... nor with the aforementioned website either. In any case, is your question rhetorical? :D Many grownups take offense at both sites.