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Re: Just Wanted to Say Thanks

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Post by cosmojg »

chrisweekly wrote: post #94

Expressing gratitude is one of the surest paths to a better day. One of my all-time favorite books -- "How to Want What You Have" by Tim Miller, PhD -- has as its central thesis the idea that: 1. Most people are relatively unhappy; 2. The root cause is our tendency always to want More [money/power, love, recognition] -- which stems from evolutionarily adaptive traits; 3. The remedy is to live in the present moment --…

I found it in the Internet Archive's collection if anyone wants to try borrowing a digital copy for free: https://archive.org/details/howtowantwhatyou00mill

Re: Just Wanted to Say Thanks

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Post by qwertox »

chrisweekly wrote: post #96
dmitryminkovsky wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what I wonder. I've opened "thank you" issues before, and wondered "how much will this annoy the owner/watchers?" For anyone tasked with maintaining a repo, any email notification of new issues must come with a certain level of dread. At least that's what it's like for me, even if I sincerely appreciate and enjoy receiving issues! I do, then, immediately close "thank you" issues so owners are not tasked with…

Opening and then closing "thank you" issues solves the annoyance problem, doesn't it? It's a NOOP for the maintainer, but it gets the message across. /$0.02

Sure, but it's not an issue with the project, it's a message to the developer(s). While it is a NOOP, it is not something which should appear in the ("technical") stats.

Re: Just Wanted to Say Thanks

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Post by NicoJuicy »

rualca wrote: post #100
6gvONxR4sf7o wrote: post #90

I’ve learned that when I have a positive thought about someone, it’s generally worth communicating it. If I think a coworker saved me on some project, I tell them. If my partner is making me feel warm and fuzzy, I tell her. If someone impresses me, I say so. I don’t think people express these things nearly as often as they feel them, and I expect that many of the positive things that do end up communicated have anoth…

> I don’t think people express these things nearly as often as they feel them, and I expect that many of the positive things that do end up communicated have another motive behind them. I have the displeasure of working with a team member who does the exact opposite: at every chance he gets, he expressed his displeasure regarding other team members to management. Once I confronted him about that behavior and he state…

I can confirm that some people think like this ( not me).

I delegated some areas during a big event and I took one of those persons asside because he was too rude.

He said that he pointed out mistakes ( which was correct, but they were new) and that they would remember it better if he was this direct. I just mentioned that he should not be this rude and just explain them what they did wrong and he adjusted. It was literally his mindset ( he adjusted that evening, not his mindset)

Re: Just Wanted to Say Thanks

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Post by offtop5 »

It's free to say something nice.

with all the recent negativity on github, where people will get in the nasty arguments about code their ultimately getting for free, this was something very refreshing to read.

Re: Just Wanted to Say Thanks

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Post by AntonyGarand »

susam wrote: post #45

Here is one I received last year: https://github.com/susam/uncap/issues/9 . The comment began with, "I just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful software." It made my day! The GitHub user interface should encourage this as a feature.

Taking this opportunity to say Thank you as well! I've been using it for years on all of my machines, such a great piece of software, didn't expect to see it on here

Re: Just Wanted to Say Thanks

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Post by corobo »

nicbou wrote: post #51

I've been on the receiving end of such gratitude, and it always brightens my day. It's easy to think your hard work isn't noticed, until you realize how seldom you acknowledge other people's work. Unfortunately, explicit gratitude is very rare. Donations are even rarer. The "ask a question" and "support this site" buttons on my website are next to each other. I get 15 questions for every donation. About 30€ per 100 0…

Just out of interest have you ever tried rewording the support button?

When I see 'support' on a website I think tech support not money support and blank it if I'm not looking for support. Might be just me, course!

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