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Open source is a promotion tool (vitonsky.net)

submitted 1 week ago by vitonsky@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Many programmers who start working on new personal open source projects wrongly assume that building something cool guarantees users, fans, and revenue will follow. Maybe it’s because they have seen too many cool stories of influencers on Twitter and believe it is true.

It's statements like these that remind me just how different the internet is for some people. I don't think I've ever strayed far outside of the "look at this cool thing I made!" parts of the open source community. The idea of chasing fame and monetization isn't really a thing in those circles, let alone "influencers" shilling content like that.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

Most successful projects I've seen are: I needed/wanted X, so I made X and now I'm sharing it with you so you can use it and maybe help me out.