Good god the people in this forum. It gets worse every time I take a peek.
Plenty of people here are providing some thrilling albeit flawed psychological analysis on all of the devs. Lots of uninformed words being thrown around about people they know nothing about. It's not as though plenty of us do the work we do because we enjoy it, or we like to test out our skills or learn new ones right? And it's not like the devs have their own motives beyond the ones that you're aware of from your own life. You know, the ones who have been working and giving you a reason to post here constantly, asking questions like "hax wen?" over and over and whining (because everything has to be for and about you right?).
It's like half of this forum hasn't aged to the point yet where they can view the world from outside the perspective of "but what about me?". Leaving adolescence gives you an appreciation that people have motivations that you don't. In other words, just because you crave attention, doesn't mean anyone else does. Some people RE because they like taking things apart, the added benefit goes to all of you. Some people do it because it's a chance to grow into a separate job field. Some people do what they do because they think things should be "right". That hearing someone saying or doing something wrong means you should talk about it or change it. There's millions of motivations beyond "craving attention", and just because that's your main motivator currently in life doesn't mean it applies to everyone else.
People get into the dev scene to get their ego strokedblahblah blah
Nope. We get into it because we enjoy it. Or get paid to do it at our actual jobs, and these are side projects. Or just have a general interest. Are a select few guilty of attention seeking? Sure, but there's nothing wrong with that either because guess what?
You are the benefactors, getting free things from others. What's wrong with people enjoying attention? It's a natural human compulsion, and obsessing over the fact that others enjoy attention is kind of silly no? Is there a smidge of jealousy perhaps?
Who gives two flying f*cks about what the devs think?
You should if you ever want any releases. Otherwise you'll have to learn something for yourself. That could prove difficult for you.
This is why I generally hate hedgeberg (and I really don't care if he knows that). As a dev and a brain, he is incredible. But as a person? Nah.
They are salty and the sheer attitude of that twitter post proves it.
But see,
She contributes. You post meaningless words on a forum and give nothing back besides your armchair opinion. She could be the biggest asshole I've had the displeasure of talking to, but because I respect her work and what she's capable of, she still matters more than you do. Your personal feelings aren't the only thing that matters to the rest of the world.
Do you guys see a consistent theme here yet? Does it seem like a common element in this thread? That the people who contribute the least, and say the more inflammatory shit, are also the ones most concerned with "attention seeking"? Just ponder for a minute that the most common insults that others throw around are also the ones they most are insecure about themselves. Read back a few posts with that in mind and it's kind of obvious what kind of people sit around in these forums.