[Hankenstein2]

All of those are great points and I agree, I just find myself, more often lately, exhaustively trying to prove my bug is real before something gets fixed.

I wish there were some sort of badges I could acquire, like "You have earned 5 bugs to be fixed, without being a dumbass" badge. And then my 6th one might get escalated earlier.

Like I said, I really appreciate both sides of the issue and am also not certain how to make it better.

[Topolomancer]

The idea with badges is awesome! Kind of like a trusted traveler program, but for sysops.