@luis_in_brief @expoliticaljunkie But in the context of open source projects, I don't think "Boss Factor" applies as well as it does in software dev teams within orgs.
@geekygirldawn @expoliticaljunkie I hate to say “read the post” but… read the post. The CMU research, driven by extensive data work backed by qualitative interviews with open source maintainers on GitHub, says that the main reason *open source project maintainers* stop maintaining is because of *changes at work*.
@geekygirldawn (and if that reads as angry, it... is? I find the industry's deeply-embedded cultural 🙈🙉 when it comes to the links between personal finances and small-project maintenance increasingly infuriating.)
@luis_in_brief I agree with your frustration about people disconnecting finances from maintainer health. Also, as someone who recently and very suddenly lost a key maintainer in a car accident, I also have lots of feels about this topic and know first hand how disruptive this can be, regardless of the reason.
@geekygirldawn yes, when I first posted this article in 2019 lots of other friends of Seth Vidal (close friend of mine, yum maintainer, killed by a drunk driver while cycling home from work at RH) had Feels in response.
So, yes, I'm fine with a label that replaces the whole dreaded "factor" language.