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> In an attempt to reach out to clear up any misunderstandings, I opened a Github issue on my forked repo, tagged the lodash org and primary maintainer, and explained the situation. I gave context as to why I had opened the PR, and what I wanted to achieve. Two weeks later, no response. As a last-ditch effort, I sent an email directly to the same primary maintainer, using an email I found in git commit history

Dude cannot take a no. The lesson here is don't be annoying if you want people to work with you.



Dude didn't get a no. And was blocked before doing anything you're calling annoying here.


Block is a no


Blocking is a "no" and also a "I don't even respect you enough to deliver my answer to you or acknowledge your question". About as tactful as ghosting.


A lot of people think it was an anti-bot measure, and if that's true it was not a no to the human contributor.




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