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There's a difference between (not) being grateful and being overly disparaging.

• EnderMB 13y ago
  Absolutely, and people shouldn't be overly negative towards another persons work. Decent manners towards other human beings aside, my main point is that a lot of the negative criticism we see towards released code and tools on communities like HN and Reddit would disappear if authors would explicitly state the intended use case for their work.
  • lwhi 13y ago
    That's a good point, but the onus should probably be on us. E.g. be more empathetic / less judgemental from the start.
    • cooper12 13y ago
      Exactly. We should be creating a community where people are encouraged to share their code and to expect constructive criticism.