[jesstaa]

"maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of...level of experience" https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7876320f88802b22d4e2d...

The code doesn't say they have to work with people of low levels of experience. It simply says they won't harass people for their lack of experience. Rejecting PRs submitted through github doesn't have to be abusive can simply be "We don't accept PRs via github, please read the contributor docs"

The effort of dealing with legions of unskilled programmers isn't made easier with harassment or abuse. It's made easier with documentation, tooling and a legion of patient programmers you can delegate management work to.

[P_I_Staker]

Yes, being an asshole is really easy, when you can get away with it. Being nice can be too, however some people prefer the feeling of lashing out.

[collyw]

> however some people prefer the feeling of lashing out.

usually they are on twitter trying to cause people to loose their jobs.