BjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏

Dear fellow #Mastodon users. Please be patient with the people creating Mastodon and GNU Social.

Writing software takes time, and the teams working on these applications are very small.

Most of them are also wearing many hats. Some are students, others have full time non-Mastodon jobs. Some admin instances in addtion to writing code.

The Twitter kitchen probably has more people working in it than the entire #Fediverse. Please adjust your expectations accordingly! 😄

Apr 20, 2017 at 9:40amWeb
Show threadGeorgeApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE 👌
Show threadNo nameApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE How easy is it to help? How can we support the team best?
Show threadBjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏Apr 20, 2017

How to help FOSS devs:

If you're happy, let them know! Often most of the feedback software developers and admins get is complaints about bugs. Happy feedback motivates.

If you're unhappy, file friendly bug reports and be patient.

Some have a Patreon, where money can be donated. That reduces stress and frees up more time to focus on development.

There is also always code that needs writing or messages that need translating or documentation that needs writing.

@andrej

Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 20, 2017
@andrej Have fun and be social! And whenever services go down or fail, enjoy the downtime and get some sun!
Show threadDouglas A. WhitfieldApr 20, 2017
@herrabre I'd suggest adjusting level of input but I suppose that is part of expectation
Show threadMaria do CarmoApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE This will take time, so let´s enjoy first instead of complaning. @moke
Show threadSimon 🌧Apr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE I've actually been super impressed by how quickly the Masto team are rolling out things.
Show threadShawnApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE it's open-source! Got an improvement or gripe? Feel free to chip in! 😅
Show threadBjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏Apr 20, 2017

@Shawn Agreed, but we do need to be careful with that attitude.

We don't want to ignore people's legitimate requests / bug-reports / desires just because they can't code.

Valuable insights can come from everywhere, and considering the diversity issues in geekdom we need to be careful to keep an ear open.

Show threadShawnApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE encouraging people to chip in is the message to convey. Don't ignore the emoji's
Show threadBjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏Apr 20, 2017
@Shawn I'm not, but some people do feel excluded by that so I just wanted to mention it. We're on the same page I think. 👍
Show threadAsh WeststarApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE wow, is that a secret Twitter compliment on Mastodon?
Show threadBjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏Apr 20, 2017
@Ash It wasn't intended that way, but whatever floats your boat... 🛥
Show threadAlex LoweApr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE But I really want [obscure feature like 3 people will use] and am prepared to put in 0 hours of work for it! Waa!
Show threadHugh (old account)Apr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE Yes. Fantastic job, Mastodevs.
Show threadChristian Quest 🌍Apr 20, 2017
@HerraBRE or consider joining the team
#codecracy
Show threadMessgoroughApr 22, 2017
@HerraBRE Well said, I think the vast majority of long term members will be patient. Especially with how bad twitter has gotten.