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by NorwegianDude 1554 days ago
There is a lot of idiots out there who expects you to work for them and help them fix their issues just because you made your code public for those who find it useful. Just look at some of the answers, even here on HN.

One should be happy for the work that people do make available for others. If you're not paying for it and it's run by people who just want to make something cool then you should be prepared to contribute if you want someone to go out of their way to help you.

You don't have to contribute financially or by writing/fixing code. If you need help with a bug, make sure you write good bug reports, and be patient.

Also, if you don't want spam, just turn off notifications for non important things and limit the communication channels to something you'll be able to control. That's the beauty of digital communication: you control exactly how and when people can get in touch with you.