In my experience/opinion, there’s a project size / ticket volume at which an “off topic” ticket that provides positive feedback is problematic. For example, the

In my experience/opinion, there’s a project size / ticket volume at which an “off topic” ticket that provides positive feedback is problematic. For example, the Homebrew repos are definitely active enough that I’d feel like I was worsening signal/noise by opening an issue to say Thanks. But once projects reach that size, it’s much more likely that they have a well-defined internet presence, which makes it possible to provide the feedback elsewhere (Twitter, IRC, etc). For smaller projects: I can’t speak for other people, obviously, but I’d happily accept the occasional GitHub issue saying “I used your project and it helped me do $thing, thanks!” Days when I wake up to an email notification saying that somebody found my project useful are the best. And that’s true whether it was a direct email or a GitHub issue notification.