[saagarjha]

This is what it means to work on a popular project, unfortunately.

[qurren]

You also don't have a duty to read or respond to the social media flames. Just do the work you want to do.

If people get worked up about experimentation, that's their problem, not yours.

[saagarjha]

It’s not your problem until it becomes your problem.

[qurren]

It only becomes your problem if you choose it to be your problem.

[saagarjha]

That is not how these things usually work.

[qurren]

Exactly. Usually is most people. You can choose to deviate.

You can delete your social media accounts and just keep working on what you want to, for one. Nobody is forcing you to use social media.

[perching_aix]

I'm mostly on board with what you're saying, but under such an interpretation of "forcing", people are never truly forced into anything. That puts it in fundamental conflict with the very existence of the word, i.e. renders it meaningless.

That said, I did also walk away from most mainstream platforms already, so it's not like I disapprove of the message necessarily. I did find it regrettable that the calculus worked out that way though, and I don't find it reasonable to deny that there is / was a calculus. You do give up on things that are not just the assholes. I'd definitely classify that as a force.

But maybe I'm just missing that this was supposed to be inspirational rather than literal, and mistook your words. I don't know.