Re^7: Just curious: is there a BOT that downvotes "me?"

[Anonymous Monk]

If it's optional to display, that is certainly better. I tend to downvote monks who persistently ask for new features without ever volunteering to write the code too. Heck, I guess I just like downvoting. :P

Are you talking about "i need this feature" type requests, or "I think this feature has merit" type requests?

How do you know how much code is required? (a lot of the requested features already have code written for them)

[Your Mother]

It's irrelevant how much code is required if asking for someone else to do it. I've read the Everything Engine code, it's a hot mess and with all respect earned by the gods and janitors for their efforts, improvements, and contributions I think it should be ditched and I have volunteered to participate as a dev more than once should that shining day come to pass.

[Anonymous Monk]

It's irrelevant how much code is required if asking for someone else to do it...

That is pretty much every suggestion for a new feature isn't it?

[Your Mother]

That's why one asks with deference and why one who demands or persistently asks for things upon which there is no buy-in from devs starts to get singled out as having little business in an open source world.

There are a few things I'd like done with the site. I'm not willing to code them in the current framework so I don't ask.

[chacham]

"I think this feature has merit" type requests?

I like discussing things. I'm really curious to hear people's opinions here, as many of the monks here are both weathered and intelligent, though it is so often seen as a request. :(

Feature discussions are often a fun way to flesh out ideas, which itself is quite satisfying. Heh, half the fun of development is working out the idea. Design first, and they no longer want to code, because the rest boring. (At least for the MBTI's Ps, which accounts for ~50% of the population.) Others love working out ideas, and doing anything about it afterwards is a separate question.

I'm guessing talking about an idea is seen as a ruse for asking for an implementation, and therefore frowned upon. Too bad. Fleshing out an idea can interest more people to get involved in the first place, making any changes a more than one person effort.

[Your Mother]

You're mixing up a couple of things and getting caught in the tail of other things. This started because I apparently misinterpreted the downvote tracking suggestion as social policing which I detest. There have been quite a few monks over the last two or three years going on about what the monastery should be like without ever volunteering any code or help. I'm personally tired of that kind of thread. Plenty of monks like to talk features though and there is nothing wrong with it as PM discussion.

[chacham]

Thank you for the explanation.

I'm commenting on why my post got 7 downvotes, learning from your followups.