> The signal over noise would approach zero if everybody could create a bug report when something does not work as they wanted.

I hear you, but it could be something not so extreme. Lots of even more popular projects work fine with bug reporting system on GitHub, which everyone has access to.

> Have you tried to create a meaningful bug report (not feature request) that has not been previously reported and were rejected?

No I don't, I just want to subscribe to the issues I care, which you can't do without having an account..