[cmsj]

> It seems very dangerous to contribute to open source these days if you are not in the right Twitter cliques.

Nope. Lots of people contribute to Open Source without being in any Twitter cliques, they're just getting on with the work and doing their best.

One could also flip what you wrote, on its head and say "It seems very difficult to be visible in open source these days if you have been doing things that are illegal or frowned upon". It's the same thing, just without the persecution complex.