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On one hand, I applaud the rallying cry. I sincerely hope your strike works where everything else has failed.

On the other hand, experience has made me cynical. Investment in curation tools has not scaled with site growth, despite constant pleas over the years. So, my gut tells me that your strike, at best, may rally a few participants, garner some moderator support, and potentially inspire Shog or Jon to broach the subject during some meeting. That's where it will die.

The only people who care are the people who already sympathize; they're in the trenches with you. They don't call the shots. They don't have the power to tell development, "Fix this." Your effort isn't important to the people who actually have that power. Those people have built an empire on unpaid labor/expertise which they take for granted.

Look, we've all had the mistaken impression, at one point or another, that our individual participation is important to SE. It's not. So, stop working for free with frustrating tools. Don't strike; just stop. Use the site, or not, on your own terms.

I know you've invested a lot of time and effort but sometimes you have to let bad investments go.

On one hand, I applaud the rallying cry. I sincerely hope your strike works where everything else has failed.

On the other hand, experience has made me cynical. Investment in curation tools has not scaled with site growth, despite constant pleas over the years. So, my gut tells me that your strike, at best, may rally a few participants, garner some moderator support, and potentially inspire Shog or Jon to broach the subject during some meeting. That's where it will die.

The only people who care are the people who already sympathize; they're in the trenches with you. They don't call the shots. They don't have the power to tell development, "Fix this." Your effort isn't important to the people who actually have that power. Those people have built an empire on the labor and expertise of users they take for granted.

Look, we've all had the mistaken impression, at one point or another, that our individual participation is important to SE. It's not. So, stop working for free with frustrating tools. Don't strike; just stop. Use the site, or not, on your own terms.

I know you've invested a lot of time and effort but sometimes you have to let bad investments go.

On one hand, I applaud the rallying cry. I sincerely hope your strike works where everything else has failed.

On the other hand, experience has made me cynical. Investment in curation tools has not scaled with site growth, despite constant pleas over the years. So, my gut tells me that your strike, at best, may rally a few participants, garner some moderator support, and potentially inspire Shog or Jon to broach the subject during some meeting. That's where it will die.

The only people who care are the people who already sympathize; they're in the trenches with you. They don't call the shots. They don't have the power to tell development, "Fix this." Your effort isn't important to the people who actually have that power. They've built an empire on unpaid labor/expertise and they seem to take it for granted.

We've all had the mistaken impression, at one point or another, that our individual participation is important to SE. It's not. So, stop working for free with frustrating tools. Don't strike; just stop. Use the site, or not, on your own terms.

I know you've invested a lot of time and effort but sometimes you have to let bad investments go.

On one hand, I applaud the rallying cry. I sincerely hope your strike works where everything else has failed.

On the other hand, experience has made me cynical. Investment in curation tools has not scaled with site growth, despite constant pleas over the years. So, my gut tells me that your strike, at best, may rally a few participants, garner some moderator support, and potentially inspire Shog or Jon to broach the subject during some meeting. That's where it will die.

The only people who care are the people who already sympathize; they're in the trenches with you. They don't call the shots. They don't have the power to tell development, "Fix this." Your effort isn't important to the people who actually have that power. Those people have built an empire on unpaid labor/expertise which they take for granted.

Look, we've all had the mistaken impression, at one point or another, that our individual participation is important to SE. It's not. So, stop working for free with frustrating tools. Don't strike; just stop. Use the site, or not, on your own terms.

I know you've invested a lot of time and effort but sometimes you have to let bad investments go.

On one hand, I applaud the rallying cry. I sincerely hope your strike works where everything else has failed.

On the other hand, experience has made me cynical. Investment in curation tools has not scaled with site growth, despite constant pleas over the years. So, my gut tells me that your strike, at best, may rally a few participants, garner some moderator support, and potentially inspire Shog9 to broach the subject during some meeting. That's where it will die.

The only people who care are the people who already sympathize; they're in the trenches with you. They don't have the power to tell development, "Fix this." Your effort isn't important to the people who actually have that power. They've built an empire on unpaid labor/expertise and they seem to take it for granted.

We've all had the mistaken impression, at one point or another, that our individual participation is important to SE. It's not. So, stop working for free with frustrating tools. Don't strike; just stop. Use the site, or not, on your own terms.

I know you've invested a lot of time and effort but sometimes you have to let bad investments go.

On one hand, I applaud the rallying cry. I sincerely hope your strike works where everything else has failed.

On the other hand, experience has made me cynical. Investment in curation tools has not scaled with site growth, despite constant pleas over the years. So, my gut tells me that your strike, at best, may rally a few participants, garner some moderator support, and potentially inspire Shog or Jon to broach the subject during some meeting. That's where it will die.

The only people who care are the people who already sympathize; they're in the trenches with you. They don't call the shots. They don't have the power to tell development, "Fix this." Your effort isn't important to the people who actually have that power. They've built an empire on unpaid labor/expertise and they seem to take it for granted.

We've all had the mistaken impression, at one point or another, that our individual participation is important to SE. It's not. So, stop working for free with frustrating tools. Don't strike; just stop. Use the site, or not, on your own terms.

I know you've invested a lot of time and effort but sometimes you have to let bad investments go.