@ebassi @karolherbst @drakulix the worst feeling is when people who *have* actually done good things, including technical achievements etc., and you thought were fighting the same fight, get a bit too involved in these harassment mob ass tactics and maximally ultra extreme positions and just lash out at the concept of nuance itself even
Sep 22, 2026, 10:05 PM@valpackett getting sprayed in the face at full blast by the outrage firehose all day, every day, ends up making more of a mess than many people expect or predict, in my experience.
@ebassi @valpackett from my experience the factor that contributes the most to burn out is entirely the social factor of FOSS. And then with a big gap comes corpo nonsense. And here I don't even mean brigading or in-fighting in particular. Just the concept of how "FOSS is supposed to work socially" is a big source of burn-out and I wished people would be more empathic and respectful towards maintainers paying with their mental health...
@karolherbst @ebassi @drakulix yeeeaaaa and this comes back to the rage against the kde issue cooldown which is just, ugh, psychic damage all around
like I do in theory agree that there shouldn't be elitist exclusion vibes and so on but this?? that's so not it dawg?? do you want developers to be available for extremely heated public discussion / to be bullied 24/7?? and you really expect them to not just withdraw their entire labor force then?!
Sep 22, 2026, 11:04 PM@valpackett @karolherbst @drakulix I have a whole ass blog post about this stuff tucked in my drafts since April that I don't dare to publish, because it'll turn on The Discourse Machine™ and I don't have that kind of time any more.
@ebassi @valpackett @drakulix and here I thought it would be perfect material for a FOSDEM key note to make everybody in the audience hate me afterwards...