[RaleyField]

The email of the author comes from a domain where one can find this gem on one of subpages:

"Unless its some illegal faggot shit, I will always store your loli pics, anon."[1]

I don't appreciate people putting their personalities (whether I generally appreciate their personality or not) into software. The project you are creating is, or should be, an intellectual endeavor and it serves no technical purpose to push your personality onto users. What's more, it lessens your credibility - if you don't understand not to put your personality into your project then I question what bigger mistakes you are making as well. It's the same reason I wouldn't trust savings to a banker wearing a clown costume, it's not about me hating clowns, they can be a clown in private all they want, just don't make a clown out of your own software.

[1]https://safe.moe/faq

[loa_in_]

It serves a purpose if it's to cater to a user who appreciates that.

You could argue that software displaying "Good Morning, <name>!" every first run of the day serves no technical purpose, and judging by the tone of your comment, it makes that software inferior and the developer who decided to include this feature - to be of ill mind and immature.

I like to say that seriousness, like fear, will make us do and say stupid things if we let it take over us.

[RaleyField]

For one thing you are using exclamation point. However your example isn't really pushing personality onto users, some polite playfulness can be welcome. An example of what I had in mind that isn't in itself of poor taste but would still be unwelcome at least to me would be if somebody was pushing their metal subculture into their spreadsheet software for no apparent reason.

[snvzz]

>The project you are creating is, or should be, an intellectual endeavor and it serves no technical purpose to push your personality onto users.

Plenty will find that attitude offensive. Like, who do you think you are telling people what their project should be.

[RaleyField]

I'm not saying that you shouldn't put personality in it, just that intrinsically the product doesn't need it so if you strive to make it great then don't burden your users with noise.