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Is complaining to open source project maintainers getting normalized ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And how can this be improved ? Should "normies" be pushed into RTFM or ELI5 ?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

I don't think I'd ever complain directly to the maintainer. I often do find instructions that are essentially The Rest of the Fucking Owl but you go to the community for help and then give up when 90% of them act like you are an idiot for even asking.