I've seen this a few times on HN. I don't like it.
Somebody will make a criticism about the programming of the site and somebody else will say something like shut up and stop complaining! It's free.
I think any time a user of your code speaks, you should listen. There's good stuff in there. I don't care if it is free or not. If you're providing it, and I'm using it, then we're in some kind of a relationship. And that relationship means I get to provide feedback. I also think that people should be polite when providing feedback.
And I would like a pony.
Now can we get back to technical articles instead of "what's polite?" articles? Is this Ms. Manners or HN? These things will just generate unneeded smoke.
Somebody will make a criticism about the programming of the site and somebody else will say something like shut up and stop complaining! It's free.
I think any time a user of your code speaks, you should listen. There's good stuff in there. I don't care if it is free or not. If you're providing it, and I'm using it, then we're in some kind of a relationship. And that relationship means I get to provide feedback. I also think that people should be polite when providing feedback.
And I would like a pony.
Now can we get back to technical articles instead of "what's polite?" articles? Is this Ms. Manners or HN? These things will just generate unneeded smoke.