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Re:How to get an open source community to be interested in h... by taneq on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @02:17AM (#15539622)
> "the person you're asking is way more important than you, lowly questioner"

I don't think it's saying that. It's just saying "the person you're asking owes you nothing, is probably very busy at best, and may be a self-important jerk at worst, this is probably the most effective way to ask them for help."

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Re:How to get an open source community to be interested in h... by JoshTriplett on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @04:23AM (#15540043)
It also, in multiple places, seems to say "but they're not really a self-important jerk, they're just defensive of their time". And in general, it defends elitism and excuses unpleasant behavior.

(There's nothing wrong with being defensive of your time. There's something very wrong with being a jerk about it.)

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