Comment on BentoPDF v1.16.0
kumi@feddit.online 2 days ago
Try to ignore the GH stars and other engagement numbers. Or at least try not to put focus on them in your communications. It’s a distraction for you and you are making it a distraction for your audience. GH stars are not a useful signal as they are easily gamed and bought. Maybe yours are all organic, legitimate, and a legitimate cause for personal celebration. But you are just giving false credence to them (and thereby those illegitimately gaming the system) and removing focus from your own app. I don’t think it belongs in release notes.
alam@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My release notes are intentionally personal and opinionated. As the maintainer, I like sharing milestones, thoughts, and context with the community as part of showing how far the project has grown. I understand that style won’t appeal to everyone, but it’s a choice I’m comfortable with and I plan to keep it that way
kumi@feddit.online 2 days ago
It’s not as much the general style as the particular content on this release. Your previous release notes did not rub me tbe wrong way this did.
alam@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I would have been happy if you provided anything constructive. Calling it begging for reviews is certainly surprising for someone who claims the communication put them off. It’s interesting how much emphasis you place on tone and emojis for someone who says they’re less likely to engage because of them. Moreover I asked for feedback, not a character assessment. Your personal preference doesn’t change anything here, there’s nothing actionable in it, and I’m comfortable with how I communicate with the community
kumi@feddit.online 2 days ago
It was certainly not intended as a character assessment and it’s unfortunate you took it that way. I’m talking about how the release notes (and in passing your post) were written and not about you as a person or maintainer.
I do hold release notes of a public project with thousands of users to a different standard than anon lemmy.world comments in a feedback thread. Is that interesting or surprising?
I believe there was actionable feedback given. You are of course free to dismiss it.