A few years back I wanted multifloor on my Valetudo (I had a weird single room which had a step into it) so I did my research and found a whole bunch of toxicity around this feature, mixed in with a bunch of information which mostly answered my questions (it wasn't supported, which of course I was fine with, because it's not my project and I was just grateful for being able to use it). I figured "oh, this would be useful to document", popped onto the Telegram and asked a few clarifying questions, saying I intended to contribute to the docs.

First I was accused of not reading the docs (I had, they were confusing and incomplete), then I was accused of trying to sneak multi-floor into the product (..what), then I was accused of being a "well-off boomer who wanted him to do extra work because I wouldn't spring for a third vacuum" (I WASN'T ADVOCATING FOR MULTI-FLOOR). So I backed off and watched for a bit, then landed up leaving.

I have no desire to force change on the man (it's his garden after all); ultimately, GitHub was the wrong destination for his work. It's sort-of like he's opened a workshop in the middle of a bustling market and now he's barking at everyone for interupting him.

Recently an error popped up in Home Assistant, so I hazarded a look at the issue tracker to find he'd closed an issue and banned a well-regarded Home Assistant community member for opening it: https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo/issues/2310