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0 pointsmotohagiography5y ago0 comments

Either fork the code, or fork a new effort that implements the things you want, and then share it with people who also want it.

That these people think it is more viable to co-opt an existing product using organizing pressure for their ends than to build one someone actually wants and share it is indicative of their strategy and attitude. Project leaders need to recognize this tactic coming from afar and then exercise their prerogative to reject meta- and political ploys. Sure, talk to users, get features, but pressure? Treat it like a weed.

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olah_15y ago

> That these people think it is more viable to co-opt an existing product using organizing pressure for their ends than to build one someone actually wants and share it is indicative of their strategy and attitude

Ironic, considering that Signal itself co-opted the existing network of SMS to build their product on top of. Even having the signal app on android manage regular SMS messages.

Point being that products aren’t created in a vacuum and they need network effects to be successful. In fact, that was a design philosophy of Signal from the start. Paraphrasing: “Don’t let people choose, but rather give them the best defaults”

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