> There are some projects I've submitted issues for without such excessively fluffy language, and the maintainer has responded very negatively.
You are only responsible for what you say and do, not how someone else chooses to react. If you provide a bug report in good faith, and don't act entitled or snotty, you've done your part, and have behaved within the terms of the implied social contract. If the maintainer chooses to react in an unwarranted manner, that's on them, and I think that sort of bad behavior should be exposed for others to see.
Personally, as a maintainer, I find that unnecessary fluffy language makes it harder to get to the meat of the problem, and it annoys me. If you're risking a bad reaction either way, why not choose the way that's objectively the most helpful?
You are only responsible for what you say and do, not how someone else chooses to react. If you provide a bug report in good faith, and don't act entitled or snotty, you've done your part, and have behaved within the terms of the implied social contract. If the maintainer chooses to react in an unwarranted manner, that's on them, and I think that sort of bad behavior should be exposed for others to see.
Personally, as a maintainer, I find that unnecessary fluffy language makes it harder to get to the meat of the problem, and it annoys me. If you're risking a bad reaction either way, why not choose the way that's objectively the most helpful?