That's almost spot on. I've just barely arrived at the conclusion that I could make a change, offering minor suggestions and changes on projects I care about a

That's almost spot on. I've just barely arrived at the conclusion that I could make a change, offering minor suggestions and changes on projects I care about and then have the read someone degrading a contribution that is still "several levels above people that work their way into OSS projects in order to gain visibility by fixing a lot of trivial issues" And when you point this extreme ranking out as inappropriate, your comment gets vaporized. This REALLY bloody hurts