Maybe they shouldn't have been so snarky? https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138#issuecom...

be snarky, get snarky in return

or violate HN guidelines themselves? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991274

This is a shameful equivocation. This is "be snarky, get publicly dox'd and harassed".

I'm not sure which way you are implying here, what is shamefully equated?

The "snark" of opening the PR vs the "snark" of people dox'ing the guy who opened it.