[Udo]

> Also, community and open source is all about contributions and public discussions, not _just_ code dumps.

Personally, I think software should be the central point, not populism. Ideally, an open source project would surround itself with a support community of people who actually use the software instead of wasting so much time fighting.

If I build something that 10 people like, I might not care that 3 billion people choose to ignore it. But I would probably care a great deal if 5 people spend a lot of effort and air time campaigning against it.

> No one forced Mark to shut down the project, he made the decision on his own.

I'm disappointed in that as well, in case that wasn't clear. But as a vocal critic you also don't get to wash your hands completely if something you hate goes down the drain.

> The same way you can build anything you want on your own, I also can say it's crap and I don't want it.

Sure, I just don't like how much enthusiastic assent you can get out of the implication that the main reason for your dislike is simply that I built something on my own.