I wonder what distinguishes these kinds of communities over others. Some, like 'decentralization' or 'privacy' or 'security', require absolute adherence. If you're building a decentralized tool or a privacy tool or a security tool you must first reinvent the universe. Post on HN? Centralized, privacy nightmare, insecure. Use Gmail as your email provider? Centralized, privacy nightmare, insecure. Fastmail? Centralized. Run your own mail provider? Cool, on a cloud? Centralized, privacy nightmare. On your own infra? Centralized, bus factor 1.
Sort of an interesting market signal. "Don't bother building for me unless you're absolutely pure". Funny stuff.
Making a google form requires more effort than "send me an email at mailto://feedback@shipyard.com". The email body can even be prepopulated with the feedback template. Its really not a high bar, and thus disheartening that the people that should care, seemingly, dont.
Sort of an interesting market signal. "Don't bother building for me unless you're absolutely pure". Funny stuff.