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>For example, you're right that a notification on our homepage, in addition to our docs

I don't remember it being in the docs either, as that would have also saved me from signing up on the Discord.

And this isn't an issue of prioritization. Remember, your overworked volunteers and maintainers on the Discord are still spending hours every day fielding questions in #user-support that could have been answered by a link in prominent places. You're wasting more person-hours than you would have with effective communication and trivial updates in prominent places.

You didn't even benefit your own goals by leaving those out!

So no, I guess I don't understand what the huge barrier is to putting out these important notices.




But he said "sorry" (somewhat) politely and pulled the "we are fast growing startup"-card .. so you are obligated to forgive him?

It seems quite clear to me (as a third party to this) that the lack of communication w.r.t. this behavior was intentional. Trying to fix a mistake without having to admit having made it in the first place...

Civil discussion is going to collapse even further if bad actors don't stop with the dark patterns.




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