Comment by zplizzi
8 hours ago
(author here) I'm checking with my team to confirm these came from us, but if so I apologize for this - posts like these should come from a real account with proper disclosure, but also these sorts of requests feel premature for a project like ours that doesn't yet have a sizeable user base.
The user was called adl-collab, when it forked repos to add implementations it made them under a branch called "andrew".
The biggest contributor to the project in the last 3mo is andrewlaack... and we can also just take a guess that "adl" in adl-collab is AnDrewLaak.
Yeah, I'll make sure this doesn't continue. To be clear there were 11 total issues posted; this was a mistake, not some huge spamming campaign.
Thanks Andrew
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Possibly andrewlaack’s clanker run amok
At least this is more informative than "Thanks Andrew".
You are also characterizing another project that was open-sourced (sandstorm) and is under active development as "long abandoned". Open source is difficult and requires a fair amount of cheerleading to engage users and make them part of the community. As a result it's hard to see your project in a positive light.
They also called out Sandstorm for requiring changes to the applications for them to run on the platform.
Which is true. There's no issue with honest criticism, but when it's careless or disingenuous then it it's a put reflection on the speaker.
Looking at the issues, do I understand it correctly that you have some way to install directly from repositories if they contain a `cloudinabottle.toml` file?
If yes, regardless of who made the issues, that seems like terrible architecture/design there...
> posts like these should come from a real account with proper disclosure
This line makes me think you are running a spam campaign and andrew just isn't part of it
If this is a spam campaign, it’s not a very effective one. I think you’d do well to apply Hanlon’s Razor here
I used to work for this company many years ago, and it's highly unlikely they're running a (centrally organized) spamming campaign of any type. Zack's a good guy and I'm sure he'll get it taken care of promptly.
Why you apologise for something which is perfectly legal. Give an inch, they'll take a mile. F the authoritarians and monopolists.
Because "perfectly legal" and "socially acceptable" often diverge quite a bit.
The world would be quite miserable if "perfectly legal" would be what everyone optimizes for.
> The world would be quite miserable if "perfectly legal" would be what everyone optimizes for.
what you will find is that this is what corporations optimizes for. Therefore, you as a person, cannot compete with the corp.
That's why you need to become like a corp, or make the rules "socially acceptable" the same as "legal" (which is the best option).
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Self-promotion is encouraged in my social circles and anyone who says otherwise is weak minded so their opinions don't matter. What are they going to do about it?
They're probably jealous that they never had the guts to do it themselves and prefer to rely on friends in high places or daddy big media to promote their shit for them.
Standing behind your work is good and wholesome. Fear of self-promotion is weakness.
I often talk myself up and promote my work. Especially face-to-face. If your work actually measures up to the talk then you have nothing to apologize for. You're actually educating people and doing them a service.
Don't let yourself be bunched up with snake oil salesmen who didn't actually do the work. If you did the work and nobody noticed, then it is your duty to talk it up.
The fact that a maker can't also be a seller is dumb. You can switch modes. You have to do whatever it takes to fulfill your mission.
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