[always_good]

I think it's annoying but also toxic to an ecosystem. You have to name your packages the same way you look for a domain name, people can squat on names, and it causes drama like how the 'kik' package was stolen from a developer and given to a company who never used it.

Nobody would've cared it the package was "tzs/kik". For example, the Elm package system does this right.

Another example of this failure is the Reddit subreddit system where a subreddit like /r/bitcoin makes it seem like the authority when it's a carefully moderated and biased subreddit. And nobody can really compete with it without getting a worse subreddit name like truebitcoin and bitcoin2 or something. Would be much more clear if it was /r/@theymos/bitcoin and /r/@spez/politics.

[MikkoFinell]

The failure is yours alone if you actually consider Reddit an authority on anything.

[MikkoFinell]

Downvoters: I of course meant an authority on anything ELSE than memes and karmawhoring. Sorry for not being clear about that.

[always_good]

Okay.

And you might say the failure is yours alone when you overeat, yet 30%+ of the USA is overweight. This little platitude only makes you feel better about yourself but isn't a good basis for designing something.

[MikkoFinell]

That's interesting. Unless I'm being forcefed, then who else is to blame? I have free will after all.