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Should we have a day where we, as a community, go out of our way and thank our maintainers? (reddthat.com)

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Was reading this article, and it got me thinking. There's lots of people who are happy to complain at length, but what if we made it a point to pick a particular day each year to express our collective gratitude for the work people do for FOSS?

Whether in the form of donations or kind words (maybe even joining a project), it might be something that helps keep people going on the things they love but for which they don't get a lot of appreciation.

Curious to hear y'all's thoughts.

Edit: Someone mentioned I Love Free Software Day, which is cool that it exists. I like the idea behind it, but I'm hesitant to piggyback upon a well-known holiday, for fear of being wholly overshadowed (Valentine's Day is already stressful enough for some people).

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[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Make it February 22 and call it F022 Appreciation.

[-] Zeoic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Or May 5, F055

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I love it, but that's also sort of a Star Wars day. After "May the 4th be with you." It's "Revenge of the 5th." It may be a little easier to get attention and mind share if it's a day that doesn't already have something like that going on.