&gt; So when people are heaping hate on one of my projects, I am now starting to think of it as a failure of messaging on my behalf.<p>I tried that, but I got really burned out.<p>Someone writes a one-liner &quot;I hate byuu&#x27;s idea for X&quot;, and I write up an article explaining my motivations and rationale, spending three hours on it, listing a dozen cases where I explain why what I am doing is <i>essential</i>, and not just whimsical fancy. They ignore my response. And two weeks later, I see the same person with the same one-liner posting it somewhere else.<p>I find most people don&#x27;t want to understand your reasoning. They simply want things exactly as they want it, or they&#x27;re not happy. I never get anyone willing to have an open dialogue where they&#x27;re actually open to trying new things, even though I am open to hearing any true criticisms that go beyond appeal to tradition (we&#x27;d all be using DOS if that were a valid argument.)<p>Very thankfully, in my case, I&#x27;m not selling a product, and I&#x27;m not funded by advertisements. And as such, I can get away with choosing to ignore certain types of criticism. I&#x27;m very empathetic to those who can&#x27;t.