Fine Uploader is shutting down
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Fine Uploader is shutting down
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#2The sense of entitlement people have of open-source projects is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY if they haven’t contributed to it.
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#3The sense of entitlement people have of open-source projects is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY if they haven’t contributed to it.
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#4At the risk of sounding uncaring or such...
Ok?
I mean I don't get why the owner didn't try to find someone else to graciously take the reins without a fork (maybe they tried and couldn't find anyone?), but I don't get the dramatic post and very "taking my ball and going home" tone I'm getting.
Again, maybe it's just me looking to wrongly but when 4 out of 6 reasons are referring to yourself and not the project...
The bit about having to defend yourself on Twitter, I guess I don't know this person and how bad they have it, but I find it hard to imagine someone just inundated with Twitter noise over a library to the point they need to walk away in such an abrupt manner, like taking the slightest amount of time to transition would be life ending (definitely get not wanting to deal with noise over free work, but this is a known problem and they could have started a conversation about that), and I definitely don't see how this will reduce the amount of attention they get...
Re: Fine Uploader is shutting down
#5The sense of entitlement people have of open-source projects is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY if they haven’t contributed to it.
I couldn't agree more.
However, couldn't this project have been handed off to new owners or simply left dormant rather than be archived? I guess it can be forked, but the upgrade path for existing users would be less clear.
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#7The sense of entitlement people have of open-source projects is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY if they haven’t contributed to it.
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>I've grown tired of continuously defending my inactivity and decisions against trolls on Twitter, the issue tracker, and elsewhere. It's draining and I don't have the patience or energy to deal with it any longer. These same people expect to impose their short-sighted and non-generalized values and goals on a project for which they have contributed nothing and are not willing to maintain. The sense of entitlement from a small but vocal minority that do not understand FOSS and refuse to understand it is very much a concern, and I'm simply not interested in shrugging that off anymore.
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#8The sense of entitlement people have of open-source projects is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY if they haven’t contributed to it.
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It's from the announcement:
> These same people expect to impose their short-sighted and non-generalized values and goals on a project for which they have contributed nothing and are not willing to maintain. The sense of entitlement from a small but vocal minority that do not understand FOSS...
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#9At the risk of sounding uncaring or such... Ok? I mean I don't get why the owner didn't try to find someone else to graciously take the reins without a fork (maybe they tried and couldn't find anyone?), but I don't get the dramatic post and very "taking my ball and going home" tone I'm getting. Again, maybe it's just me looking to wrongly but when 4 out of 6 reasons are referring to yourself and not the project... Th…
Why even bother being on Twitter? I keep hearing developers encouraging each other to be active on Twitter, but who gives an actual fuck what goes on with Twitter? All it seems to do is generate drama on every front. Do developers(or anyone) really need to be on there? If I were the owner, I would have just closed my Twitter account in the face of demanding freeloaders.
Re: Fine Uploader is shutting down
#10At the risk of sounding uncaring or such... Ok? I mean I don't get why the owner didn't try to find someone else to graciously take the reins without a fork (maybe they tried and couldn't find anyone?), but I don't get the dramatic post and very "taking my ball and going home" tone I'm getting. Again, maybe it's just me looking to wrongly but when 4 out of 6 reasons are referring to yourself and not the project... Th…
Why even bother being on Twitter? I keep hearing developers encouraging each other to be active on Twitter, but who gives an actual fuck what goes on with Twitter? All it seems to do is generate drama on every front. Do developers(or anyone) really need to be on there? If I were the owner, I would have just closed my Twitter account in the face of demanding freeloaders.
I respect their right to be on Twitter in peace, but yeah I'd probably block users before I'd list Twitter complainers as a reason how I'm closing the lock on a popular library and throwing away the key instead of just walking away yourself... because that's definitely one way to get a lot of people (imo rightfully) complaining about what you did.
Also kind of kills your credibility in the future. Walking away over toxicity is fine, doing it like this? Not so great. (of course there's something especially egregious we don't know about, but they're laying a lot out in that post, I'd expect to see it there...)