why should people spend their time trying to convince you of the value of their project? they already know if it's valuable; why should they be interested in your opinion?
if it's a commercial product, they might get your money, but most projects on github aren't
why would they want to keep it to themselves? maybe if it contains trade secrets or defamation or copyright infringement? but probably most code doesn't
i don't want other people to use my open source code unless it's more useful to them than the alternatives, and i think they're a better judge of that than i am; trying to convince them to use it would imply i think i'm a better judge of it than they are
i'm always happy to talk with them about it, but i'm not coming from an advocacy perspective, and i think people who are are bad
I'd just think if you write something like a programming language of all things you'd want others to use it and have a pleasant experience getting started.
> I'd just think if you write something like a programming language of all things you'd want others to use it and have a pleasant experience getting started.
You might be surprised how many different nuances exist in what motivates humans.
I have even avoided to share code in public repositories, because I didn’t want to be bothered by feedback like yours, because I didn’t bring the documentation up to a level that someone farther away from my little niche need and use case can understand it.
While such feedback isn’t going to kill me, it’s nonetheless one of a million tiny little cuts that my life is more pleasant without.
if it's a commercial product, they might get your money, but most projects on github aren't