Watchers are (often) the people who use the software you make, and the exact kind of people you want to keep interested in your project. They're the source of u

Watchers are (often) the people who use the software you make, and the exact kind of people you want to keep interested in your project. They're the source of useful bug reports and feature requests, and you want to keep them involved in the project as much as possible. I completely understand OP's intent.