I don't think you've done any of that - at least not for a successful open source project. The topic here is about open source volunteers and not your day job.

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faangguyindia a day ago | parent [-]

I built businesses not opensource projects.

Though many of my projects are completely free for the users.

Latest being this one already past 1000+ active users https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.macrocodex...

If you don't listen to your passionate users, i doubt you'll ever grow.

Someone being rude/entitled doesn't matter to me, I only care about if what they are saying actually makes any sense

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siva7 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Don't take it personally but the people here are talking about open source projects and unpaid work in their free spare time. There is zero value you could share in this thread from your experiences on developing closed source business products because it completely misses the topic of volunteer work.

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adjfasn47573 a day ago | parent [-]

Ehm... no? It's not zero value?

He's making a general point about "regardless of how something is presented to you, at the end of the day you have to look at the actual information, and if there is some truth in it, then it would be illogical to dismiss it".

	▲	em-bee 19 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		at the end of the day you have to look at the actual information, and if there is some truth in it, then it would be illogical to dismiss it sure, but the amount of nonsense (to avoid the b-word) i am willing to put up with depends on the amount of money i expect to make from the project. for unpaid work that amount is zero. if i am investing my free time and i allow you to benefit from it, you better be nice when you talk to me. when i run a business then the information gained potentially makes my product sell better. for a volunteer project i may not care about popularity, so the information gained is not necessarily of any benefit.
	▲	siva7 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Oh, how couldn't i see this. The author also did this and he concluded "OK." right before clicking on the "Archive Project" Button.

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otikik a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I will listen to a rude paying customer if I must, because my income will be tied to it. If a similar paying customer comes and they are better behaved, the rude customer will take second position.

On an open source project that I’m doing for my own enjoyment rude people are not welcome. I’m doing that for my own enjoyment - to decompress after dealing with rude people. Close issue, won’t fix, ban free user.

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bobvagnelover69 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

incredible jugaad saaaaar!!!!

++ izzat!!!