Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project

Re:Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project by leon_ on Monday January 31, 2011 @12:30PM (#2162329)

Wow, that post is just wrong.

Open source is not a product. Open source is a community effort. If you don't want to use it - well, it's your problem. No one will shed a tear about it.

If you actually would care about open source you wouldn't be making shitty top10 lists. You would get your ass up and contribute to the project of your choice. If you think twitter is important ... fine! Start a twitter account for that project. Draw fancy icons. Do "SEO". Do something to help. And do something to get rid of that false sense of entitlement.

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Re:Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project by adamstac on Monday January 31, 2011 @01:29PM (#2162581)

I know Wynn and his sense of humor, and I can see how easy it might be to totally miss his comedic tone with the loaded title and seemingly "preechy" top 10 list. When/if you meet him, you will know what I mean after a few minutes into a good chat with him.

I will say though, that Wynn does contribute to Open Source - we all do at The Changelog. He also did apologize in the opening sentence of the first paragraph for the "loaded headline" as a hat tip to Mashable for an article they posted two years ago titled, "FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter". It's Wynn's character to reference and relate, but I can see how that could be missed. It's hard to "hear" someone's tone in plain text, especially when you are quickly scanning a top 10 list.

This post was more about concrete ways to build community around your code and things you can do to promote your open source projects.

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Re:Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project by juddlyon on Monday January 31, 2011 @09:37PM (#2164182)

Wynn is one of the nicest guys around and is very passionate about OSS. He's the polar opposite of entitled or preachy - he writes, codes, interviews, and speaks regularly. Perhaps his linkbait parody missed....

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Re:Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project by jasonlotito on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @03:46PM (#2167297)

Yeah, it did miss. He might have good points when you understand he's just using that style as a gag, but after a few points, I just gave up.

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Re:Top ten reasons why I won't use your open source project by sfermigier on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @05:58AM (#2169812)

"Open source is not a product. Open source is a community effort. If you don't want to use it - well, it's your problem. No one will shed a tear about it."

Bullshit. Open source or not, a product is a product. If nobody uses it, you've waisted your time (and the time of the other contributors) building it.

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