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Is complaining to open source project maintainers getting normalized ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And how can this be improved ? Should "normies" be pushed into RTFM or ELI5 ?

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not only is it normalized, but it's being weaponized. See, for example, the recent XZ backdoor which was equal parts hacking and a psi-op against the maintainer.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Just fyi it’s psy ops, short for psychological operations.