[vorpalhex]

It seems there are two things going on here.

1. Upset that people are now reacting negatively to this change as opposed to voicing criticism earlier

2. Being upset that criticism exists

(2) is the sort of problem I can't help with except to say maybe grow a thicker skin or be a bit more aware of what it was you signed up for, but in regards to (1) -

It's important to note that the people heavily invested in your project (enough to follow every new issue on Github and respond to them and have opinions) will be very different from your mainstream users. There is no shortage of people who heavily use a project and yet probably don't follow them in any way. So it's important to note that using that source of feedback likely subjects us to bias.

[codezero]

The argument that people should grow thicker skin is part of the problem. Why do we expect people to grow thicker skin rather than expecting them to be more courteous/civil?

Edit: also the argument to grow thicker skin is seemingly ignorant of scale. Sure a few criticisms should be shrugged off but should thousands, which are disparate, incoherent and likely personally insulting, be part of the thick skin department? Where is the line drawn, and who draws it?

[CaptSpify]

Because thats how people are. Especially the general public. I absolutely think people should be nicer, but how do you encourage/enforce that? We've been trying for a long time without good results. I'm not saying that we can't fix it, but I haven't seen many attempts succeed.

[vorpalhex]

Should I, in making a critical statement, be denied because someone else (or maybe several other someone elses) already have?

It seems a bit odd that if I'm a critic that my ability to exercise my freedom there is constrained by whether other people have.