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What if -- and bear with me here -- that barrier was actually a good thing?
by bandrami 4mo ago
What if -- and bear with me here -- that barrier was actually a good thing?
- lukan 4mo agoYou mean because l337 circles could form better this way? I think it's great that the barriers are dropping for less technical skilled people to manifest their visions, but we will have to figure out better ways to find the gold among the slop.
- bandrami 4mo agoKeep in mind I'm still not convinced that 2000s bazaar was better than 90s cathedral (in fact I lean the other direction)
- sph 4mo agoI disagree. Bring back elitism and ivory towers. Some projects now benefit from being run by private cabals with their own strict initiation process, which would also guarantee a baseline of quality. The bazaar model works if everyone is trusted. If you can’t even be sure the person in front of you is even a human, it is time to pack it up.
- lukan 4mo agoBoth models can exists? If elite ivory towers produce working products people will use, great.
- silver_silver 4mo agoFree software isn’t a product
- lukan 4mo agoIndeed, unfortunately it often is not. (English is not my first language, but I believe not every product is a commercial product - but just a term for a working result)