I'm a nobody and even I have had run-ins with certain people on the project. I think they have a similar problem to many hugely popular FOSS authors - you spend

I'm a nobody and even I have had run-ins with certain people on the project. I think they have a similar problem to many hugely popular FOSS authors - you spend 99.99% of the day explaining things to idiots who don't get why things are the way they are, so when the 0.01% of useful, constructive issues float past they get written off by habit. I personally think some of their leaders also have an over-reliance on gut reaction - have never once seen them admit to being wrong, even on multi year issues where context has changed. I think a useful litmus test for anybody in a position of power is "when did I last change my mind". If the answer is "never", either you're perfect or you need to think about how you've been making decisions.