> Why would anyone even attempt to contribute if their efforts are likely to be dismissed in this way? Because they are adults with enough emotional maturity t

> Why would anyone even attempt to contribute if their efforts are likely to be dismissed in this way? Because they are adults with enough emotional maturity to not require constant encouragement in every aspect of life. It's one thing to make negative, targeted statements against an individual contributor. It's another to make a likely true, slightly negative outlook about the quality of contributions on average. Potential contributors should be responsible for maintaining their own emotional equilibrium in such a case, in my opinion.