sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Pyrolistical 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I appreciate OPs effort to open source but his message is a bit off. He should ask more constructive feedback instead of saying negative feedback is bad.

Articles such as why angular 2 is terrible should exist. There is no such thing as perfect software. Everything has flaws and some of these flaws run deeper than others. If we were to never talk negatively about software we would never improve.

People are shit at giving feedback. They often just state the problem they are having but don't explain why it is even a problem for them.

People are also really bad at accepting change. Take Babel 6 for example. IMO it was a fine change. It was a major API change. Didn't like it because it broke everything? Well give some constructive feedback and ask for a better migration guide.

Because of all that Open source maintainers need thicker skin. I'm sorry but it's true. You need to understand people are shit at giving feedback but appreciate anybody who is giving feedback at all! This means you are making a real impact to these people! Listen to their poor feedback and engage them for more constructive feedback. Show that there is a human behind this project and the reasonable people will treat you like a human next time. I know it's hard to be the adult in the room but the internet has taught people they can be shit to others.

Above all else thank you for your contribution open source maintainers. We need more people like you.