Stop listening to people who say to stop listening to people trying to tell you what you should do or not. It is not all relative, there are good and bad choices.
Not hacking on a distro because someone thinks there are too many is one of those bad choices.
If you actually manage to get a distribution rolling with a viable community around it, it means enough people have decided that there weren't too many.
If you actually manage to get a distribution rolling with a viable community around it, it means enough people have decided that there weren't too many.