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    Despite the abrasive tone, I'm having a hard time disagreeing with the reasoning. It very much does not feel like the community is being listened to, in any sense. Commented Aug 13, 2018 at 21:11
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    "Folks, we don't have yet a mechanism for custom arrows. So be prepared for some regression." If they had said that, people would be asking "why not" and saying "SO developers are stupid for not implementing it". Nothing would change. Commented Aug 14, 2018 at 17:55
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    @NicolBolas No, they would not. Regressions are a part of a programmer's life. Any programmer who thinks that causing a regression makes someone stupid has never actually worked on a big project. But simply saying "we're removing this, deal with it"? That's just in poor taste. Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 9:50
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    @forest: "Regressions are a part of a programmer's life." 1: Not every SE user is a programmer. 2: Not every SE user is a professional programmer. 3: Even among those who are, there would still be many who say that they should. Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 13:28
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    @NicolBolas That's true. I was talking more about SO users, not SE users in general. My point is that the overlap between those who have enough understanding to judge a regression and those who believe regressions imply stupidity is effectively zero. Commented Aug 29, 2018 at 1:12