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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by saagarjha on Monday April 01, 2024 @07:37PM (#39900690)
> In real life volunteering you don’t get random drive-by input from outsiders.

Sure you do: everyone likes to comment on whether your volunteering work is an effective use of time and resources or not.

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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by keybored on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:06AM (#39903991)
Not in my experience. People don’t complain about people doing pro-social volunteer work (IME).
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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by saagarjha on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @06:15AM (#39915505)
I see a lot of people complaining about e.g. working on saving "some stupid animal" instead of solving hunger or similar.
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