Font Awesome Reflects on Community Trust and Open-Source Values After Kickstarter Rush
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Font Awesome reflects on community trust issues that arose during their Web Awesome Kickstarter campaign. They acknowledge that in their rush to ship, they began acting more like a product company than an open-source project, which created skepticism among their community. The article is an honest self-reflection on staying true to open-source values.
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bskyFont Awesome Reflects on Community Trust and Open-Source Values After Kickstarter Rushblog.fontawesome.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledNot outright anger from the community, but maybe something more like skepticism.
We were getting the message that folks were testing the waters, but that maybe they weren't sure they trusted us just yet.
During the Web Awesome Kickstarter, we were in a rush to ship, and we'd started acting more like a product company instead of...
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