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Don't waste your breath. The idea that "Linus makes contributors feel unwelcome" is a self-fulfilling prophecy and the people who want it to be true have a str
by forgottenpass 12y ago
Don't waste your breath. The idea that "Linus makes contributors feel unwelcome" is a self-fulfilling prophecy and the people who want it to be true have a stronger social media presence than those who don't.
- stingraycharles 12y agoYou can also say that it makes for a good pre-selection process of people who are willing to cope with his attitude. So in that way, your "self-fulfilling prophecy" just means that there is a selection bias in people who are willing to contribute to the linux kernel.
- Fuxy 12y agoThe only pre-selection process happening here is people who take themselves too seriously and get offended easily are less likely to contribute. If I would have been the guy who wrote that piece of code and read this I would have realized 1. I made a mistake and 2. got roasted by Linus for it in a somewhat funny way. Wouldn't look much more into it. Why do we enjoy celebrity roasting shows as comedy but when someone does the same thing on a mailing list everyone gets offended? It does take a bit of self confidence to take it though which not all of us have but this is a good opportunity to work on it.