Comment by hobofan
5 years ago
My social media bubble is one that comparatively spends a lot of thought on maintainter/contributor appreciation, and I've literally never heard that complaint.
No open source maintainer is so busy that they don't have the time to respond to a ever so rare genuine thank you with a "Thanks, glad you appreciate it!".
I can kind of understand where they're coming from. I've had people create issues or leave comments on random commits for the sole purpose of expressing thanks, which can get annoying in a bigger project. Especially when there are a few hundred people watching the repository that now each receive multiple emails they aren't interested in. That said, I still do appreciate people taking the time to express thanks when opening an issue or when I have helped them with a problem.
Yes, there are obviously some ways to express gratitude that are preferable to others, but as long as the entitled/ungrateful/"you are _supposed_ to do things this way" comments outnumber the thankful ones, I won't start complaining about them.