It's not hyperbole when he listed multiple examples and issues which clearly highlight why he calls it that.
I don't think there was anything hyperbolic or disrespectful in that post at all. If I was a maintainer there and someone put in the effort to list out the specific issues like that I would be very happy for the feedback.
People need to stop seeing negative feedback as some sort of slight against them. It's not. Any feedback should be seen as a gift, negative or positive alike. We live in a massive attention-competition world, so to get anyone to spend the time to use, test and go out of their way to even write out in detail their feedback on something you provide is free information. Not just free information, but free analysis.
Really wish that we could all understand and empathize with frustration on software has nothing to do with the maintainers or devs unless directly targeted.
You could say possibly that the overall tone of the post was "disrespectful" because of its negativity, but I think receiving that kind of post which ties together not just the issues in some bland objective manner but highlights appropriately the biggest pain points and how they're pain points in context of a workflow is incredibly useful.
I am constantly pushing and begging for this feedback on my work, so to get this for free is a gift.
“User-hostile” is not a term to use when you intend on giving useful constructive criticism. User-hostile is an accusation. I’m sorry that you’re so desperate for people to give you feedback that you’ll stoop down to the level of engaging with people who obviously seek to complain first and improve second, but…come on, your position as someone that ‘makes things’ is FAR from unique in this community. I think that a lot of people here understand the value of feedback, and the possible negative and positive attributes of feedback. It’s fair to point out this quite valid negative attribute.
I don't think there was anything hyperbolic or disrespectful in that post at all. If I was a maintainer there and someone put in the effort to list out the specific issues like that I would be very happy for the feedback.
People need to stop seeing negative feedback as some sort of slight against them. It's not. Any feedback should be seen as a gift, negative or positive alike. We live in a massive attention-competition world, so to get anyone to spend the time to use, test and go out of their way to even write out in detail their feedback on something you provide is free information. Not just free information, but free analysis.
Really wish that we could all understand and empathize with frustration on software has nothing to do with the maintainers or devs unless directly targeted.
You could say possibly that the overall tone of the post was "disrespectful" because of its negativity, but I think receiving that kind of post which ties together not just the issues in some bland objective manner but highlights appropriately the biggest pain points and how they're pain points in context of a workflow is incredibly useful.
I am constantly pushing and begging for this feedback on my work, so to get this for free is a gift.