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Gina Häußge
Gina Häußge
Project lead + maintainer
OctoPrint
How to deal with toxic people

As an open source maintainer, sooner or later you'll encounter ungrateful, entitled or outright toxic people who can be a real drain on your motivation and general mental health. In this session I'll first show some examples of such situations, then share some coping strategies that I've successfully used to deal with them. I'll also share some things that everyone can do to help maintainers and open source communities in responding to negativity.

As an open source maintainer, sooner or later you'll encounter ungrateful, entitled or outright toxic people who can be a real drain on your motivation and general mental health. In this session I'll...