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If being active in the community means brown nosing on irc then sure, they have been super active.

IMHO someone which actually contributes high quality libraries or code to said community should be valued more, yet these are usually the last people you would ever see slapping their name on a book. They are happy to just improve the existing documentation and contribute that way.

Then of course you have the ilk of people who think a community will only exist if everyone adopts the contributor covenant while having daily kumbaya meetups ....

(I'm well aware of what Ryan Bigg is and isn't, it's why I'm pointing this out)

>>I'm sorry if someone defecated into your Cheerios this morning, though.

There's no need for that.

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> (I'm well aware of what Ryan Bigg is and isn't, it's why I'm pointing this out)

So you're taking your personal issue with him, here. That's nice.

> There's no need for that.

Says the person who's quite frankly being a dick towards this guy without presenting any justification or evidence whatsoever, and I know for a personal fact that this guy has aided me on many occasions. I think you should check yourself before you wreck yourself any further, person. If you have a personal problem with him, take it up personally and not in a public forum. I have zero tolerance for evidence-less public humiliation, and so should all of you.

> IMHO someone which actually contributes high quality libraries or code to said community should be valued more

I think you're underestimating a number of things that are not visible on github yet can definitely have a positive effect on the community:

1) evangelizing a technology you believe in (something I've been known to do, on here and elsewhere)

2) organizers of meetings, confs and get-togethers

3) guys who help all the time on IRC and Slack in the relevant channels (something I've also been known to do, because I enjoy mentoring yet sort of abhor the spotlight)

4) book authors... has Dave Thomas been a big committer of elixir code? I don't think so, and yet his Programming Elixir book is considered one of the best

5) a lot of other stuff that is simply not very visible, such as Jose trying to make the community more inclusive

I googled Dave Thomas, and was not disappointed by the images of Dave Thomas of Wendy's fame with a description of the computer programmer and author underneath.

I've met him IRL and benefited from his tireless OSS leadership as a communicator and a code. Ryan is the real deal.

Yeah I didn't get why all the shade.

From an account that is 1 day old and has all of -18 karma. Not suspicious at all!

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