I think bug tracker comment forms for open source projects need some kind of question first (at least from people who aren&#x27;t active contributors), like &quot;Please select your type of comment&quot;:<p>* Nontechnical: I would like to express my eagerness that the bug be fixed or request its priority be increased, but don&#x27;t have any additional technical information to add<p>* Technical: I have useful technical information to add, beyond what is already in the bug<p>Then &quot;Nontechnical&quot; type comments would be hidden from the developers by default (unless they specifically ask to see them), but their count could be used as a bug prioritisation mechanism (effectively leaving a &quot;Nontechnical&quot; type comment would be counted the same as a vote)