I'm not sure your comment accurately or fairly represents things.
Narcissism is genuine psychological disorder. Your comment doesn't explain how he would be one of "the most narcissistic people."
However, you genuinely made me curious about how many people have been contributing and by how much, so I looked it up on GitHub as you mentioned. There have been 159 contributors. The second most being 210 commits. Dan is the number one contributor at over 10,000 commits!
I can't know his motivations, only what he shares publicly. I don't follow PixelFed development closely. I don't know why he's trying to do so much at once. And I honestly thought Sup was short for Whatsup.
What I do know is what it's like to slave for thousands of hours, writing millions of lines of code, trying to manage multiple projects with numerous hands in it, ridiculous deadlines, and with customers and users quick to criticize without truly understanding everything entailed in such projects.
Perhaps I'm honestly ignorant and he really is someone to loath. So far though, PixelFed has been a gem that connects me with a lot of beauty. I personally know loathsome humans. There's plenty more in the news daily.
This Forbes article though? It's doing something really good for the Fediverse. It's highlighting the need for funding projects like these. And, yeah, it mentions Dan because he's the one who got these projects of the ground and has done nearly all the bleeding and sweating for it.
I get the concerns and fears, but I'm not sure there is reason think we're there yet.
Sure, but online, in person, a work gathering, the park, a web forum, or etc.
Just seems like an intense response. That tells me that it's in a context where people are normally anonymous or maybe it's a public internet setting (e.g. like here)... or... they might have some serious distrust issues... 😬
It's important to be aware of what happens and to act when and how you feel led.
However, caring for your mental health is most important. Even on this platform I have a filter on for a single word -- Trump. For how long, I don't know. I still get US news, but I just needed to decrease it for a time in relation to that man.
Seems like context would be helpful. I'm not sure I've personally been responded to this way when trying to get to know someone. But I imagine in certain situations, it might be more likely. Maybe online vs in person?
The response does seem say something though. Uncertainty. Distrust. Maybe more.
I appreciate you sharing. It's a huge weight to have to carry throughout the years. I imagine childhood was rough which breaks my heart. People can be cruel and that leaves scars. I really hope you have some people in your life who see you for you without treating you the way so many have in the past. People you feel safe and comfortable around.
I remember watching a few of the first episodes with my youngest and was happy to see that he enjoyed the insane wackyness of it all. I'm sure he would have enjoyed watching more of the silliness, but my partner wasn't going to have it. There's a lot of battles I have to fight pretty regularly, and this show was just not one of them. But... it was good to see my youngest enjoying an old show that was a part of my life back then.
Have to be honest though, Randy the bully really bothered me then and still bothers me now. Bullies suck, regardless of their form.
The Almighty Creator of all things, capable of doing anything at any time in any way... messed up. He was aghast. Butt stuff?! What was his creation doing?! It literally hadn't been more than 2 minutes. And so, God checked out long ago.
Now we have climate change. Super hurricanes. Pat Roberton was right. The gays!!!
I mean, we have no choice. These no butt stuff laws are literally holding the fury of nature back and saving lives!
Great news. I hope it was relatively non-eventful.