Being an open-source maintainer is really hard. A lot of people tend to act very entitled towards you, as if you "owe" them your time or your attention.
It's totally illogical: you put something out there for free, and now because of that, folks feel like they deserve more of it! And yet this is often the prevailing mood in OSS communities.
At the same time, you may start to believe this logic yourself, leading to "open-source guilt." This often ends in burnout.
@nolan Sorry you're hit with this. It's one of the reasons that I dropped podcasting very early on when chronic illness overhauled my life. No, I cannot have a sucking wound in my time/creative energy supply. Particularly when MORE was 99% of the response I got from the void.
So, Thank you. Thank you for creating and maintaining this thing that makes us all a little less alone in our respective geographic places. For making me less alone when I can't leave the house. This really does help. Thx.
Nolan Lawson
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