First, it seems you're still trying to twist my words. I wrote, "Overall, I truly believe they did a disservice to the whole Linux Desktop and the community over the last 15 years."
This is my opinion, and I'm entitled to express it. Just as you are entitled to your own. This is not an attack; it's simply how I feel about the project. You can either voice your own opinion or try to convince me that I am wrong. However, instead of doing that, you are dismissing my opinion, attacking me personally, and resorting to psychological manipulation.
When I said GNOME did a disservice, I was expressing my personal frustration and disappointment with the direction the project has taken over the years. This doesn't mean I wish harm upon the developers or the community. It's more about my disillusionment with the choices made, which I feel haven't aligned with my needs or the needs of many others in the Linux community.
Second, indifference means I no longer have a vested interest in the project's success or failure. It's not the same as actively wishing for its downfall. My comment was intended to convey that I have moved on and am looking towards other projects that better meet my needs.
I appreciate that you enjoy GNOME and have had a positive experience with it. Everyone's preferences and experiences are valid, and it's okay to have differing opinions. However, it's crucial to avoid assuming malicious intent when someone voices criticism.
Lastly, comparing my comment to a personal attack on my GitHub stars isn't quite the same. Open-source projects thrive on feedback, both positive and negative. Through these discussions, developers can gauge user sentiment and make informed decisions. It seems that your feelings about "my desktop" and your emotional investment in GNOME are clouding your judgment, preventing a balanced perspective.
If this is the sort of interaction people have with gnome enthusiasts or developers (whatever you are with your throwaway account) you can see why most people don't like to work with the community you are representing here.
> I was expressing my personal frustration and disappointment
I understood that but that's different from saying everyone is being done a disservice. When you say that, what you're actually doing is accusing them of doing mass harm to the community -- I hope you can see how that's a serious accusation that's separate from your personal frustrations.
>Open-source projects thrive on feedback, both positive and negative. It's through these discussions that developers can gauge user sentiment and make informed decisions.
The feedback has to be structured in the correct way so developers can prioritize issues and turn it into a development plan. If it's just complaining about attitudes and making generalized statements, or constantly trying to renegotiate the direction of the whole project, that stuff doesn't help.
>It seems that your feelings about "my desktop" and your emotional investment in gnome are clouding your judgment, preventing a balanced perspective.
I don't have an investment any more than anyone else who just uses Linux for work/hobbies and is more or less fine with it, actually I probably have much less investment (both financial and personal) than the stereotypical techie who buys a new iPhone or Tesla or something and gets really into it.
>If this is the sort of interaction people have with gnome enthusiasts or developers (whatever you are with your throwaway account) you can see why most people don't like to work with the community you are representing here.
Please notice that you're demonstrating extreme prejudice and creating a vicious cycle here: someone makes some negative comments, I lightly push back on them, then somehow not only am I the bad guy but suddenly I've been elected as representative for the entire community and the entire community becomes responsible for my actions too! The subtext here is that I just shouldn't say anything or express my opinions at all because by the simple act of doing that, all the past disagreements and flamewars going back decades are now my fault too!
BoredPositron|1 year ago
This is my opinion, and I'm entitled to express it. Just as you are entitled to your own. This is not an attack; it's simply how I feel about the project. You can either voice your own opinion or try to convince me that I am wrong. However, instead of doing that, you are dismissing my opinion, attacking me personally, and resorting to psychological manipulation.
When I said GNOME did a disservice, I was expressing my personal frustration and disappointment with the direction the project has taken over the years. This doesn't mean I wish harm upon the developers or the community. It's more about my disillusionment with the choices made, which I feel haven't aligned with my needs or the needs of many others in the Linux community.
Second, indifference means I no longer have a vested interest in the project's success or failure. It's not the same as actively wishing for its downfall. My comment was intended to convey that I have moved on and am looking towards other projects that better meet my needs.
I appreciate that you enjoy GNOME and have had a positive experience with it. Everyone's preferences and experiences are valid, and it's okay to have differing opinions. However, it's crucial to avoid assuming malicious intent when someone voices criticism.
Lastly, comparing my comment to a personal attack on my GitHub stars isn't quite the same. Open-source projects thrive on feedback, both positive and negative. Through these discussions, developers can gauge user sentiment and make informed decisions. It seems that your feelings about "my desktop" and your emotional investment in GNOME are clouding your judgment, preventing a balanced perspective.
If this is the sort of interaction people have with gnome enthusiasts or developers (whatever you are with your throwaway account) you can see why most people don't like to work with the community you are representing here.
crashdancer|1 year ago
I understood that but that's different from saying everyone is being done a disservice. When you say that, what you're actually doing is accusing them of doing mass harm to the community -- I hope you can see how that's a serious accusation that's separate from your personal frustrations.
>Open-source projects thrive on feedback, both positive and negative. It's through these discussions that developers can gauge user sentiment and make informed decisions.
The feedback has to be structured in the correct way so developers can prioritize issues and turn it into a development plan. If it's just complaining about attitudes and making generalized statements, or constantly trying to renegotiate the direction of the whole project, that stuff doesn't help.
>It seems that your feelings about "my desktop" and your emotional investment in gnome are clouding your judgment, preventing a balanced perspective.
I don't have an investment any more than anyone else who just uses Linux for work/hobbies and is more or less fine with it, actually I probably have much less investment (both financial and personal) than the stereotypical techie who buys a new iPhone or Tesla or something and gets really into it.
>If this is the sort of interaction people have with gnome enthusiasts or developers (whatever you are with your throwaway account) you can see why most people don't like to work with the community you are representing here.
Please notice that you're demonstrating extreme prejudice and creating a vicious cycle here: someone makes some negative comments, I lightly push back on them, then somehow not only am I the bad guy but suddenly I've been elected as representative for the entire community and the entire community becomes responsible for my actions too! The subtext here is that I just shouldn't say anything or express my opinions at all because by the simple act of doing that, all the past disagreements and flamewars going back decades are now my fault too!