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The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. I find I am typically only browsing this site when I am not ready to present the best version of myself (tired, bored, demotivated). I don't know how we end the cycle of cruelty in our industry.
While the developer's decision must be respected, I don't really understand it. Why not simply ban the troll instead of engaging with them in any way? I wouldn't want to give a troll any power or influence at all.
It's easy to walk away from an ungrateful community if you don't have gold in your pockets to soften the blows.
While the developer's decision must be respected, I don't really understand it. Why not simply ban the troll instead of engaging with them in any way? I wouldn't want to give a troll any power or influence at all.
Based on the thread, they were doxxed by that troll.
The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. I find I am typically only browsing this site when I am not ready to present the best version of myself (tired, bored, demotivated). I don't know how we end the cycle of cruelty in our industry.
"The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums." no, they're over-represented on all forums
This sounds useful, I'll be building it and having a try.
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Based on the thread, they were doxxed by that troll.
Defamation lawsuit sounds like a perfectly valid avenue if that is the case.
It's much easier to shut down a project instead.
Alternatively, people can instead choose to NOT be dicks to people who are altruistically developing stuff for no compensation and the net benefit of our industry.
While the developer's decision must be respected, I don't really understand it. Why not simply ban the troll instead of engaging with them in any way? I wouldn't want to give a troll any power or influence at all.
I think it is a bid problematic that anybody can create an account on github and open issues there (if enabled). No "professional", paid software would allow ordinary users to communicate directly with the programmer. Or allow outsiders to post comments on their products website. Just moving discussions to irc would already filter a lot of spam. As a last resort you could require some kind of proof that you are a mai…
I think it's a bit problematic to use GitHub in 2025 if you are doing F/OSS
> Joined on Jul 25, 2025
Probably a paid troll by a state actor would be my guess.
The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. I find I am typically only browsing this site when I am not ready to present the best version of myself (tired, bored, demotivated). I don't know how we end the cycle of cruelty in our industry.
Actually have consequences for it? When industry leaders like Linus act like assholes constantly but are given cover because they produce something so valuable, will always produce a situation where being empathetic becomes a social proxy for being weak or untalented