free open source software needs fewer engineers and more designers and product people

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

plenty of foss has a problem of being stuck in a cycle

fossbros want their shit adapted by average joes and yell about year of linux, but it often isn't because plenty of foss is by nerds for nerds, and said average joes are more often than not deemed second class users that shouldn't be cared about because "they have a skill issue"

[todepond@mas.to]

@inscript you should meet some designers!

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

i see too many fossbros say we should trade convenience for privacy (which honestly starts turning into a buzzword to fire neurons in people's brains), and i just sit there thinking maybe in such an advanced society aspiring to a stable, peaceful and fulfilling life, we shouldn't trade shit one for another

but try telling them that, they'll call you illiterate and lazy for not wanting to be a sysadmin of your own empire

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

tbf if said request comes from someone who actually has the capability and skills to contribute themself that's a reasonable thing to say

but of course that's only a minority of cases where that happens

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

look, i've had my ride with trying to be a sysadmin, sure it's fun to have your own services you can fuck around in without the approval of anyone

but it shouldn't be a necessity and rather something you can get into if you want

actually foss/generally tech nerds should be forced to go outside, touch grass and interact with the normies so they can get off their imaginary selfhosted planet and get a grip on reality

[yaxu@post.lurk.org]

@TodePond I guess without large amount of state funding it's not going to happen, especially from an accessibility standpoint.. Until then I guess we have to make do with people mostly making software for themselves

[todepond@mas.to]

@yaxu strongly disagree! there are huge incentives for designers and product people to get involved with volunteering, just like programmers.

and yes accessibility is a huge factor of this. getting design and product-oriented people involved means software becomes accessible to more people

[gwenthefops@transfem.social]

@TodePond@mas.to and technical writer

[mgclgrl@transfem.social]

@TodePond@mas.to FOSS engineers at the very concept of UX: ​​

[yaxu@post.lurk.org]

@TodePond Fair enough, I should be more optimistic!

[arcade@merveilles.town]

@TodePond this is true in many fields

[flpvsk@mastodon.social]

@TodePond what are the incentives?