Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me

Re:Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me by pdepip on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @10:35AM (#30766590)

I think the bigger problem is we preach user feedback as the holy grail of product growth, but it's hard to do so when you fully respect privacy (i.e. no sign ups).

For example, when I built https://github.com/pdepip/mmap.it I made the conscious decision to not require any log in information but quickly found I was unable to find who was using my product and then ask them for feedback - so user led development stalled.

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Re:Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me by account42 on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:06PM (#30767794)

Ctrl+F forum, mailing list, email, @ etc. all 0 results

GitHub discussions not enabled on the repo

> https://mmap.it/

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The way to get feedback without being obnoxious is to provide ways for users to give you feedback on their own terms. Bonus points if you build a community where you can ask questions as needed.

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Re:Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me by dessant on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:27AM (#30767241)

You can ask for anonymous feedback directly in the app instead of emailing users.

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Re:Starring your repo does not give you permission to spam me by matkoniecz on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @05:49AM (#30776749)

Create a pinned issue with title "We ask for feedback"

Mention it in the Readme.

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