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> Do non programmer submit bug reports on Github...?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Sometimes they flip out about GitHub and go on Reddit instead and write something like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to...

How on earth did that entitled whiney post get 4.6K upvotes, and in /r/github no less?

The upvotes are mainly because people found it hilarious and it became a bit of a meme on multiple subreddits like for example on r/ProgrammerHumor

I've had minimally technical users participate in github issue threads, and it can be very valuable when they do.

Yes? There are plenty of individuals that are technical enough to handle a sign up form and a issue form but not programmers. The bar isn't that high lol.

But then again my username is all non-software engineers :shrug:

To my surprise, I have seen this more often than I would have expected (expectation = zero). It's not super common but not unheard of.