Comment by thrownaway954

I use to do a TON of open source back in the day. i quit cause of the same reason, people suck and feel they are entitled.

i couldn't count how many times someone would yell, kick and scream about an issue they were having and demand that i fix it right away (ain't gonna happen dude). i finally got to the point where i told people that i would only participate in pull requests and nothing else. you could still file issues, but i wasn't gonna even look at them. if you wanted something fixed, open a pull request and i will help you fix it but i'm not wasting my time with an issue that i didn't personally have an investment in. was i being a jerk for doing that? maybe, but my own personal serenity was worth more to me than pleasing you.

i think every open source author starts out with this fire in their heart to make the software world a better place for everyone only to get beaten down by every moron out there. when you are getting paid to do something, you put up with the idiots in your life (how many of us are still at the job that pays well, but HATE the people there?), but when you are doing it on your own time and not being compensated for it, what's the point?

i applaud this dude for doing what he did. i hope his actions has put the people using his project in a position of panic to the point where they reflect on how they treat people and participate in the open source community. pain is the only way we learn and change things about ourselves. i hope the people who caused the author to quit open source change the way they treat people in the future.