> we have lowered the bar to app creation so far that a person can now create and market an app faster than they can evaluate and understand the existing options
I don’t understand the unnecessary gate keeping here. There is no imaginary bar that someone should hit before sharing something they created. Who cares how it was made? If someone made something and it’s gets attention, that’s already enough merit for the post itself.
Sharing things people create should always be encouraged. If something isn’t “worthy” of your made-up standards, then move on. There’s really no reason to bring someone down for it.
That’s the thing though, they didn’t even create the comment they posted here.
If this was a small project communicated honestly then great, I’m all for it.
My edit was about a structural insight, with parallels we have already seen play out in the search space: with no standards for sharing things, or at least for presenting things, an inevitable floating mass of attention-splintering garbage results.
Personally doesn't bother me. It definitely gives a more playful theme which I think is a good thing instead of trying to read a wall of just text documentation.
What I struggle with after #3 is when I get the response "I don't know". At that point I really don't know what the next steps are beside trying to come up with solutions (and that doesn't work out too well sometimes).
A farmer is sitting on his porch in a chair, hanging out.
A friend walks up to the porch to say hello, and hears an awful yelping, squealing sound coming from inside the house.
"What's that terrifyin' sound?" asks the friend.
"It's my dog," said the farmer. "He's sittin' on a nail."
"Why doesn't he just sit up and get off it?" asks the friend.
The farmer deliberates on this and replies:
"Doesn't hurt enough yet.
I think it’s often a less is more kind of thing. If the goal is to listen, not offer advice or solutions, just acknowledging the answer is enough: “Gotcha”, or “I see”, or “Yeah it’s a tough one”. Then leave them the space to continue if they want to.
Like many here, this has not been natural for me, but one thing I’ve been impressed by is how much more people will be encouraged to talk if you just give them short answers that show you’re listening and leave the ball in their court vs. taking over the conversation at every opportunity. Sometimes you just have to let the silence hang for a bit.
I don’t understand the unnecessary gate keeping here. There is no imaginary bar that someone should hit before sharing something they created. Who cares how it was made? If someone made something and it’s gets attention, that’s already enough merit for the post itself.
Sharing things people create should always be encouraged. If something isn’t “worthy” of your made-up standards, then move on. There’s really no reason to bring someone down for it.