I just want to clarify a few things.
For those reading along the main summary of this thread is that bugs which are not easily reproduced or only happen on specific systems/environments are hard to report and hard to fix. Ultimately we as developers cannot fix these bugs without both notification from users and some degree of reproducibility or cause. It is just unreasonable to expect anything else. Without a report we have no way of knowing what the actual cause is so can't even make any statements on the issue.
It would be nice if it would be easier for users to report these ephemeral issues but the reality like most things is FAF is that it is limited due to manpower. We can't go and bother every person for bug reports or possible issues they have because otherwise nothing would get fixed. So we need buy in from users to help us fix things. And this does not mean making inflammatory posts and insulting developers. More often than not this will simply get you ignored because it is rare anyone has the patience to deal with that.
the evidence suggests that we've gotten somewhere much faster now as a result of it than politeness has achieved for many months previously
Your posts have not gotten a response because they are inflammatory. They have gotten a response because they are posted in a place where we ask for feedback. And is one of the places where we direct bug reports so they can be tracked. It is not appropriate to expect developers and others to respond to your requests when you message them in game or randomly ping them because that is not how we track issues. Those conversations will be forgotten and nothing will get done.
In regard to the multitude of places that help information is posted. Each of these was created by a different set of users or contributors because it was most convenient for their use case. The ultimate problem is that everyone will look in different places. But largely they are all duplicates of each other. Given this I do not understand how the idea that adding another source of information will bring more clarity. xkcd even has a wonderful comic illustrating the well known problem https://xkcd.com/927/.
Ultimately the best solution is for user bugs to be reported in the technical help locations that are widely advertised like the forum or the discord. More well understood issues should be posted to the respective git repository for better tracking. This will ensure that the issues have visibility to the technical help and developers. Any other reports are not guaranteed to be seen and if users are unable or unwilling to help us find root cause then there is very little we can do to resolve their issues.
All that being said, I believe everything that could be gained from this specific topic has already been said and it would be best if this thread is left open for others to discuss other ideas or opinions they may have.