> If your intent is to have your code reach the maximum amount of people to benefit them
This amount of altruism is rare. More likely it's just the desire to be acknowledged by others. It's ok, but it's also worth reflecting on why you need that, as the process of freeing yourself from that can make you happier.
Also quantity <> quality; Discord users often are the people who have been trapped down the slope of least friction and that are ok with "being the product".
Quantity can give a better grasp on the average user though, which is important in its own way, at least for projects with larger or more general audiences.
For instance if I were the head of browser or desktop environment project I’d want to hear from as wide of an audience as I feasibly can because otherwise there’s almost certainly issues (usability, compatibility, bugs, etc) that I’m not privy to because they aren’t encountered often in small more technical samples of users.
This amount of altruism is rare. More likely it's just the desire to be acknowledged by others. It's ok, but it's also worth reflecting on why you need that, as the process of freeing yourself from that can make you happier.
Also quantity <> quality; Discord users often are the people who have been trapped down the slope of least friction and that are ok with "being the product".