School bullies are effective because their victims can't simply choose to not interact with them.
That's not the case here. Unless you're an actual contributor and the offensive behavior crosses over.
But realistically, this mob was never going to contribute anything anyways. The truth of most OSS projects (IME) is that they're driven by a handful of people at most. Sacrificing one of those over empty threats of nonexistent meaningful contributions is the wrong move 100% of the time.
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Being offended is not the same as being bullied.
School bullies are effective because their victims can't simply choose to not interact with them.
That's not the case here. Unless you're an actual contributor and the offensive behavior crosses over.
But realistically, this mob was never going to contribute anything anyways. The truth of most OSS projects (IME) is that they're driven by a handful of people at most. Sacrificing one of those over empty threats of nonexistent meaningful contributions is the wrong move 100% of the time.