I submitted a pull request to an open source project and it didn't get approved.
Obviously I'm making a Fork.
I don't know what it is about Open Source.
On one hand, they are not my Supplier, on the other hand, I wish I could have more of a say in what happens to a project.
I mean, if I spend my free time contributing, then they should appreciate that and include my changes, right? - Obviously not. Because they are doing this in their free time for their own benefit too.
I guess I'm figuring out first hand why there are so many Linux distributions and why many of them are almost completely, but not quite, alike.
I Love the opinionatedness of Phanpy. I love the aestethics. The developer got most of the adherence to usability over feature completeness right.
I am sad that some of the features I really care about are missing.
I want filtering, muting, sharing filters, cross-instance discoverability, to all just be easy.
But before I continue: Dear @cheeaun, keep up the good work! I love the work you've done! You rock!
My Own Fork
At the same time, it needs more work. Work that you don't need to do because you're not my supplier. But it's work that I feel is important.
So I'll make a fork. I'll do it myself.
And I'll take it to a place that is beyond their vision. Beyond where they thought it would go.
I hope I can find the time to move this from alpha stage to somewhere where it actually makes people's lives better.
I have actually already made some headway in moving my own fork in the direction I would like to see it move in.
If you create a filter (on some other client), then it looks like the original poster simply set a content warning.
If someone posts a message in another language, then you get the option to translate it.
Perspective
I hope we both succeed. And that we grow to complement each other, in a healthy way.
Because real open source is not a zero-sum game. We are not competing for users. We are both trying to contribute something of value to the world ❤️
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