Comment by craigsmansion

> why would I waste my time submitting my patch and dealing with a toxic community?

when I could be wasting that time writing blog posts for venting resentment towards communities I don't want to be a part of in the first place?

There are plenty of projects whose communities don't gel with me. The solution is not to participate, not poo-poo them online, explaining how everything would be better if they just did it your way.

>This can become a self-reinforcing cycle where only assholes can be heard, resulting in design-by-asshole rather than design based on technical merit. Assholes

Why are you labeling everyone who doesn't want to deal with you on your specific terms?

> "don't attack people personally and don't belittle, harass or intimidate other contributors". Or perhaps in simpler terms: "act like a professional".

Those are not "simpler terms". One is a basic guideline, the other sounds like "Everybody should act like the corporate environment I'm used to working in".