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Frustration with Lemmy Devs' Lack of User Feedback Consideration (discuss.online)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/5768097

Greetings Lemmy community,

I wanted to express my frustration with the Lemmy developers for consistently closing my reported issues as "not planned" without involving the community in the decision-making process. It appears that the devs prioritize their own interests, such as developing Android thumb keyboard apps ([email protected]), over listening to user feedback and addressing community priorities.

Given this approach, I have decided that I will not be contributing to this project in any capacity. It is disheartening to see a lack of consideration for user input and a focus on personal projects rather than community needs.

For reference, you can view the list of my reported issues on GitHub for Lemmy here:

Lemmy Backend Issues: Link
Lemmy UI Issues: Link

Fortunately, there are still opportunities for me to contribute to projects like SubLinks and PieFed, where developers are more open to community input compared to the Lemmy platform.

Thank you for your attention, but I regret to say that I will not be engaging further with this project due to the lack of user-centric development practices.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not saying the approach is undeserving of critique but you getting this personal is absolutely unprofessional under a mostly constructive but critical post like this.

There is place for discussion here and we are all part of this community. Shushing others this way doesnt feel right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Honestly, I'm inebriated and so I have no doubt that I could've been a lot more fluffy in my approach. I also see at least one spelling mistake, so that's double bubble bad by me.

Since you're not OP, I can be unabashedly honest. Anyone that has been around open-source software knows that bug reporters are as unappreciated as they come, despite being a vital cog in the system, but holy hell, there's no stamp card, you don't say I submitted ten ideas, crown me king.

There's literally a monthly Q&A where the OP could have a broader discussion about priorities and direction. There's also a whole Github repository just for discussing ideas and direction, it's the RFC one.

Anyway, I'm going back to enjoying my Saturday night.