Re: Why is it so hard to start community projects in the Bitcoin Talk forum.
I would point to trolling of NastyFans by users like TMAN & Last of the V8s as an example of why members would be discouraged from launching community projects. Plus, projects like Friends of Satoshi that sold lots of goods on promises of sharing revenue, only to then close up shop once theyve sold their goods as an example of why users may not trust these types of projects. Few last, and fewer (one?) live up to the promise of their founders. When the honest organizations that live up to their promises are attacked nonstop, its clear there are currently more discouraging factors than incentives in this community.
Want a perfect example of why it is so hard to start actual community projects with actual software development? Take a look at the trust rating for nonnakip: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=69046
After more than 6 years of running a community project with no compensation, refusing to let his site take deposits, and not having 1 single issue result in any wrongdoing, there are users who are currently in DT that have attacked his trust with absolutely no valid reason or evidence. I am not an alt of nonnakip or vice versa. We aren't citizens of the same country nor do we live on the same continent even...
If a developer with decades of experience traveling the world giving talks on software development can't donate time over more than 6 years of his life to working on a community project without being attacked by DT members with no technical skills of any kind and a personal axe to grind, why would any regular user try to make any effort for the community at all?
I actually think this example is reason enough for TMAN and owlcatz to be excluded from the trust network by anyone who honestly cares about community projects here.
Want a perfect example of why it is so hard to start actual community projects with actual software development? Take a look at the trust rating for nonnakip: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=69046
After more than 6 years of running a community project with no compensation, refusing to let his site take deposits, and not having 1 single issue result in any wrongdoing, there are users who are currently in DT that have attacked his trust with absolutely no valid reason or evidence. I am not an alt of nonnakip or vice versa. We aren't citizens of the same country nor do we live on the same continent even...
If a developer with decades of experience traveling the world giving talks on software development can't donate time over more than 6 years of his life to working on a community project without being attacked by DT members with no technical skills of any kind and a personal axe to grind, why would any regular user try to make any effort for the community at all?
I actually think this example is reason enough for TMAN and owlcatz to be excluded from the trust network by anyone who honestly cares about community projects here.