by Imustaskforhelp | 2025-10-14 16:01:17+00:00
Can I seriously talk with you. I am in high school and I was so passionate about open source (I still am)

I wanted to make it better. I wanted to do my part. I thought about it for months, nobody else is there with whom I talk about it, and the people I do think I am a nerd or can't really go into the in-details of it.

I found HN to be the best way for discussing it, the problem is that I genuinely see this doomerism in open source that's eating me more and more.

I created an Ask HN to give a platform to all what I was thinking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45558430

I thought I would get some more discussions regarding the how we can change the fact that foss isn't used by most people part but it seems that they expect claps to made by one hand and expect everything to be done by developers for gratis once again and they expect to give nothing back... I didn't see many discussions about donating to foss software or smth in there.

My biggest question to you right now is: how are you so hopeful right now as well?

> Understand, I say this with immense sadness. And we must still strive. But for most of the world, simple is all they understand.

I tried to be hopeful and I feel strayed away from my purpose, disillusioned,helpless,feeling doomer/ that nothing can truly fix open source... I have tried to change myself for the better yet I still feel like I will deeply involve myself in foss atleast or atleast share it still as well.

I genuinely want to ask you what brings you hope in there. Idk my hope for the longest time was the history of how things changed for the better but I still don't feel better. I have to trust people for real change and my idea of population at a large scale is a little pessimistic nowadays.

I genuinely want to talk to you if that's alright with ya. I don't know what I am feeling about open source but its so mixed. Feeling like I can't really give it what it really needs (donations/support from general public), the best I can try is advocate in my friend circles I suppose but that's about it. I don't know but I just feel like there is so little that I can do & I wanted to try/ I tried but the whole world is giving me signals to shut up about it, even here.

somebody said to me to don't talk but show and I appreciate it but all I want to is talk to somebody about how I am feeling about open source, all these loads of thoughts I am caring and sharing in different comments. I just want to talk about open source and find hope about it otherwise I am seeing to lose hope in humanity itself. Hope is tiring. I tried. Which is why I am asking why you still have hope. Have you not been tired stranger? Have you not doubted yourself thinking if open source isn't a fight worth fighting for when you realize that substancial change mightn't be done by yourself & you feel sad about it though, it hurts me actively knowing that there is sometimes nothing can be done, how do you still have hope sir, i don't get it. I also want hope but I am not finding any, I am drowned in a pool of sadness/this inner feeling that this shit might not change and we are stuck here and things might only get worse but nobody's fighting hard for it to get better. How do you still have hope sir. I want to know. please either write a comment and contact me on my mail or signal (anything) or maybe both.

Thank you and have a nice day.