[akerl_]

The only techniques I’ve seen that appear to be long term effective are:

1. Be a gruff asshole who just doesn’t engage with the community or give a shit what they say or want or think

2. Don’t publish your code, or publish it anonymously and never interact with users

3. Luck into having your project be in such a niche that the only users are likeminded people who aren’t assholes

None of these are amazing, but otherwise you’re basically guaranteed to run into this eventually.