[FFmpeg-user] The story of 'boy cries wolf'

[Rob Hallam]

On Sat, 9 Aug 2025 at 15:55, Phil Rhodes via ffmpeg-user
<ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
>
>  I've been watching the antics of this mailing list through my fingers for - what - ten, fifteen years now?
> The ffmpeg user mailing list is the epitome of the open source software community - the absolute worst, the nadir, the perfect example of why people find it so off-putting.
> The worst of it is from just a few people, but I've never once in my life found a place full of supposedly-professional individuals where such vitriolic personal unpleasantness, such nastiness, such deliberate, passive-aggressive unhelpfulness  is tolerated, even encouraged.

I've been around for a similar amount of time, looking back. The worst
of it indeed poorly reflects on the list at large. It's a shame, as
there are useful, interesting discussions - even today! [1]

For a while, there seemed to be some improvement on the vitriol front
back when there was discussion and a reminder of CoC [2]. Perhaps it
is worth a revisit?

Cheers,
Rob

[1]: https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2025-August/059757.html
[2]: https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2023-February/056013.html