It really sucks that culturally we're wired to only give feedback to developers or projects when things are broken.
A product with 15M users gets 100 complaints and only 1 nice "good job" message per month.
It's really demoralizing that we accepted the fact that "if you don't hear from them it means things are good".
People need positive reinforcement and to know that folks are happy about their work.
I understand it's fashionable to bitch about everything because hate brings views
@alecaddd In my experience, developers don't make it easy either. There are clear channels for bug reporting, but positive feedback seems out of place in a bug tracker (like, filing a praise report?). You have to look for an email or a chat, and sometimes those aren't as visible. You can leave a comment in Flathub, but there's nothing to show that the developer has read it.
So please, devs: you want to hear positive feedback? Enable channels for that, like you do for bugs or donations.
@alecaddd Related thread by @sophie:
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/positive-feedback-and-encouragement-for-contributors/
Positive feedback about their project can help contributors. It’s probably easy to back this with references but for now I will just base this on my own experiences and what I have heard and read. My Take on the Current Situation Issues trackers are tailored to bringing up issues. Reviews are meant to judge your work. But I wonder if we are lacking a designated place for people to share positive feedback and appreciation for contributors and the things they have created. Don’t take me wrong, I...
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