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by ziddoap 782 days ago
>So yeah, pardon my lack of enthusiasm towards someone who says stuff.

If you are so unenthused, why not just... not comment?

What a weird choice to go out of your way to leave a negative comment on something you don't care about. Just trying to spread some negativity around for the fun of it?
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_madmax_ 782 days ago
Because it's dishonest to say they're keeping it alive while all they're doing is talking about it. You want to believe them, go ahead and celebrate.
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ziddoap 782 days ago
>go ahead and celebrate

Lol. The choice isn't between 1) be negative just for the sake of being negative; or 2) celebrate.

A third option, which I am recommending whenever you find yourself leaning into choice #1, is to just not comment.

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_madmax_ 782 days ago
I wanted to comment, and I did. And I did say a fair point, in my opinion.

The fact that you'd rather have me shut up speaks volume about what you consider a contribution in FOSS, and frankly I hope it's not a reflection on how you approach the real world, because you're in for a rude awakening.

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ziddoap 782 days ago
>The fact that you'd rather have me shut up

If your only comment is "thanks for pressing a button", yes it's better to just shut up. I'm not the only one who thinks so -- your comment was downvoted and flagged pretty quickly.

>speaks volume about what you consider a contribution in FOSS,

How does my suggestion to not leave negative one-liner comments speak volumes? What was your contribution here again? Trying to make someone feel shitty? Awesome contribution.

>frankly I hope it's not a reflection on how you approach the real world, because you're in for a rude awakening.

Suggesting that someone not be negative to someone else purely for the sake of it? Yeah, rude awakening coming my way for sure.

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_madmax_ 782 days ago
To truly believe that uselessness (such as advertising the pressing of a button) should be rewarded is terribly short-sighted.

That's what I meant when I said that it spoke volumes about what you consider to be a contribution in FOSS. If you think that saying 'oh, I forked a dead project to keep it alive' and posting it without having accomplished anything is anything more useful or productive than pointing out how useless that is, then I'm afraid your definition of contribution is as shallow as your understanding of constructive criticism.

On a more personal note, I'm growing weary of spoon-feeding you. It is not very complex yet you still struggle to grasp the simplest of explanations.

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ziddoap 782 days ago
You seem to be having an argument with your own imagination, because I never said OP should rewarded, nor that post this was a contribution to FOSS.

>On a more personal note, I'm growing weary of spoon-feeding you. It is not very complex yet you still struggle to grasp the simplest of explanations.

Love it. Personal attacks are the sign of an intelligent, well-reasoned person. Thanks for the laugh.

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