When I first announced Pixelfed, a federated Instagram alternative, I did receive a lot of criticism.
I've also seen dozens of fellow developers abandon their own projects after viral criticism.
Most recently with FireFish and Kainoa, our community really needs to work on more constructive criticism and paths to amicable resolutions, or we will become a small bubble island that eventually disappears, or remains a monopoly of a few established projects.
Less pitchforks. More Progress. 🚀
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That being said, there is a point where criticism is valid.
Like when I used a Terms of Service generator for Loops.video and got called out.
I did fix it though, and while some doubted my intentions, and thought I'd keep it closed source after the Kickstarter, I worked my butt off to ship the entire platform (w/ mobile apps) and make it federated with a better default Terms of Service.
But it was tough seeing so much criticism and doubt.
It should be clear by now I'm on your side ❤️
