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I think if you don't know what's normal yet, set the bar. What I mean is, when you're trying to contribute, how do your interactions with that project and the

I think if you don't know what's normal yet, set the bar. What I mean is, when you're trying to contribute, how do your interactions with that project and the developer(s) make you feel? At the end of the day, if you're not enjoying yourself and what you're doing, drop the project and find something you enjoy. Might be a different more-receptive project, but it might be a different hobby too, I would encourage you to try multiple project before giving up though.

afarrell 12y ago
> "if you don't know what is normal yet, set the bar" What do you actually mean by this? I'm pretty sure I'm misreading you here. What I'm reading is "when you come into a new organization and you see people doing things that make you feel bad, force them to change their culture." However, arguing against that feels like arguing against a strawman because it seems obvious to me that you can't effectively change an organization as a random novice and that trying to do so is going to make people really dislike you. Even if it would happen to work, doing it requires being the sort of person thats willing to be called an asshole.