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Do you ever get scared of being eating up by a community for reporting problems. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by mtchristo@lemm.ee to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Have you ever been scared or hesitant about reporting flaws or bugs to a community with a strong staunch fanbase ??

Obviously there are different ways of reporting and starting discussions, but I brought up the courage to report a flaw on a subreddit (not to be named) that I knew is very sensitive to criticisme, and I was flooded with downvotes and even was subject to gaslighting, so I gave up on that software and became even more hesitant about reporting problems on other FOSS communities .

Is this mindset very prevalent among all open source communities? have you faced something similar ?

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[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're reporting a bug, requesting a feature or enhancement, or suggesting a revision to a FOSS project ...

  1. Find the repository and do your interaction there.
  2. Try to fix it yourself and then submit a Pull Request.
  3. If you can't fix it yourself, find the Issue report and follow the template. If the issue is already being talked about, contain your comments to the existing ticket.
  4. That's it, you're done. Don't keep making noise in the community, on Discord, Twitter, or wherever.
[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s it, you’re done. Don’t keep making noise in the community, on Discord, Twitter, or wherever.

odd inclusion

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 4 points 1 year ago

If there's a problem that needs to be fixed, it's way easier to fix if all the feedback is in the same place.

[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ry to fix it yourself and then submit a Pull Request.

most software users cannot code.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 10 points 1 year ago

Well, I guess it's a good thing I didn't stop listing instructions!