how to handle ideas

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Over the years I gained some experience with how open source communities function. Sometimes these communities make it difficult for relative outsiders (or even insiders) to make a proposal or to share an idea.Over the years I gained some experience with how open source communities function. Sometimes these communities make it difficult for relative outsiders (or even insiders) to make a proposal or to share an idea. Recently I made a proposal on a mailing list of a project. It's a very useful project, and there are fine, smart people working on it. But here are some of the responses I got:Recently I made a proposal on a mailing list of a project. It's a very useful project, and there are fine, smart people working on it. But here are some of the responses I got: no! this is wrong! (no explanation)no! this is wrong! (no explanation) your use cases can...your use cases can...