Pro's and Con's of getting into Open Source stuff?

[Basement Dwelling Dork]

Lets say hypothetically I wanna get into a community of open source or make stuff with it. What should I know about if I step into it. Anything I should be worried or what do I need to do to get into it.

 

[King Fructose]

These folks

 

[SeniorFuckFace]

Your Mom is an open source and I closed that shit up real quick.

 

[Moths]

Does it do what you need to do if yes means good

Is it full of autistic tranny programmers if no it probably will be soon and the first answer will revert to no meaning its bad

But itll fork and be alright again

Source: firefox

 

[Punished Snigger]

Pros: Based
Cons: Losing your cock

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

pro: free as in freedom
con: autism

 

[Flatline]

What you can expect to experience depends on the "community" you're interested to join.