I hope that things like this do not dissuade you from doing the great work that you are doing. I value everything that you contribute. More importantly, I value you!
Folks who are claiming "The discussion on Reddit about Actix" was fine should consider what it feels like to have 3 separate front page posts all saying you're doing it wrong, each with hundreds of comments discussing the nuances of how wrong you are. Empathy helps, people.
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They do and continue to. I've had many times where I've wanted to quit open source entirely, and my family continues to feel that I would be happier if I did. Folks don't realize how big a toll stuff like this takes.
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Milage varies, but I think I'd be grateful for all the attention? From a certain perspective, criticism is a good thing, not a bad thing: good criticism contains information that you can use to make your code better, and bad criticism can be ignored. 1/2
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At this scale, as many times as this has repeated, I don't think it's fair to claim it can be ignored. Especially if someone feels that they aren't able to express their opinions in a way that is understood correctly.
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It's ok to love open source and hate comments. The signal to noise on PRs is very very low.
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As a maintainer you can't insulate yourself from either
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Also Reddit is only one slice of the emotional load that comes with supporting an OSS library/app. Doing it wrong posts, rejecting PRs, Entitlement, misinformation...Maintainers always put on a smile to help nurture their projects but it is not always smile-town.
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Absolutely. This is very specifically directed to some specific comments about a specific event where Reddit played a major role and is denying it. Ideally most maintainers don't have to give Reddit a second thought even
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