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On the surface, the open source software community has never been better. Companies and governments are adopting open source software at rates that would’ve been unfathomable 20 years ago, and a whole new generation of programmers are cutting their teeth on developing software in plain sight and making it freely available for anyone to use. Go a little deeper, however, and the cracks start to show.
The ascendancy of open source has placed a mounting burden on the maintainers of popular software, who now handle more bug reports, feature requests, code reviews, and code commits than ever before. At the same time, open source developers must also deal with an influx of corporate users who are unfamiliar with community norms when it comes to producing and consuming open source software. This leads to developer burnout and a growing feeling of resentment toward the companies that rely on free labor to produce software that is folded into products and sold back to consumers for huge profits.
The Free Rider Problem rears its head again?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:46AM (15 children)
I'm no fan of that bunch of power-mad community-manipulating bad actors passing themselves off as SJW's.
However, the fact that the E-F's comment above is so highly rated despite its cliche white supremacist rhetoric says really bad things about this community.
Kindness (or rather simply avoiding being unnecessarily unpleasant and abusive), empathy, giving others the benefit of the doubt, and constructively criticizing the code rather than attacking the coder are laudable and reasonable goals. It's what Capt. Picard would do.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:57AM (5 children)
You don't win with kindness. You win with force.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:02AM (3 children)
You don't win with kindness. You win with force.
We're talking about software bugs, not an enemy military. But maybe you have a point about force - you would need to apply it to me, as you certainly haven't persuaded me with your writing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:10AM (2 children)
As in, not at all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:24AM (1 child)
Ah, I see. Editing text == force. Got it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @11:44AM
Holey Shite! A Jedi master right here on SoylentNews!
"May the Text-editing be with you."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Codesmith on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:09PM
The problem with that argument and by extension, your kind of person, is that there's always somebody with more force. I have the abiltiy to be the bigger asshole, but I find it much more productive to work with those around me to achieve better results.
In the real world, acting as you do will, at best, get you kicked out of a group. Seeing as you are continuing to mumble on about your own aggrievement to me that either you have not yet had the lesson of the 'biggest stick' applied to you, or you're just a troll in mom's basement hoping she'll bring down your plate of nachos.
Pro utilitate hominum.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:59AM (1 child)
We all know EF but it's a stretch to conflate the moderation with "white supremacy" when the comment is calling out that exact bullshit accusation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:05AM
Fair enugh The comment was a 4 when I posted. It's down to a 1 now. Perhaps I should have been more patient. In any event, thanks for considering my view.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @01:51AM (2 children)
You are suggesting that SJWs are good people out to save the world, which is exactly what a propagandist would say.
"These bad actors passing themselves off as communists do not care about the goal of the country"
etc
It looks like you are one of them SJWs, sent here by the khazar jewish rats to break, divide and destroy the community, to create confusion. A JIDF agent like a few others who get paid to write comment like the above. I've seen your kind and a sharp eye can tell you from any other user. Which is why you no longer write comments by logging in because you get exposed very quickly here.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:22AM
You are suggesting that SJWs are good people out to save the world, which is exactly what a propagandist would say.
Nice comeback, Adolf.
We're all in this together. 'All men are created equal' - noted propagandist T. Jefferson.
(Score: 2) by exaeta on Sunday February 17 2019, @02:48AM
The Government is a Bird
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:01AM (3 children)
You're free to GTFO. Would be better for your virtue signalling cred too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:28AM (2 children)
i>You're free to GTFO. Would be better for your virtue signalling cred too.
I'm also free to stay and comment as long as I am no less civil than those I reply to. As is everyone here.
Or is ethnic hate a TOS requirement for an account here? If so, just confirm by replying to this and I'll fuck right off, no harm no foul.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:45AM (1 child)
You're also free to stay. I guess you like hanging with us racists then...
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @04:57AM
You're also free to stay. I guess you like hanging with us racists then...
I like the site. I just disagree with some of you. I might come over to your dark side if you had tastier cookies. The SJW dark side cookies are vegan and icky. :-)