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Scott Jenson
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I like this post from Ian Coldwater. Slagging off users isn't a growth strategy. Now, you may not want growth, perfectly fine, but this is specifically calling out apps that want mainstream consumers

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Drew Mochak · 6w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqj46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpscruptt "I don't want growth" is such a wacky, fediverse-only take
Matt Wilcox · 6w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqj46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpscruptt The biggest issue with a lot of programmer types (who tend to be the OSS contributors) is a trend to not understand why people people. And so can't seem to apply that level of requiremen...
Luis Villa · 6w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqj46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpscruptt you also can't have it both ways: it's fine to want very little growth, or aim to grow only in a very specific niche - I can think of a bunch of good examples of that. But too often peop...
Robert Kist ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช · 6w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqj46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpscruptt although it's not always the maintainers. Sometimes it's FOSS users too. If I had a buck every time someone (usually an non-professional) told me to use Gimp instead of Photoshop... no, ...