I host the SMTP server I use and keep my programs on my personal website. By whitelisting I mean it's like when an e-mail field only accepts addresses from Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and a few others. Realistically, very few people use my programs, but I have noticed some users, because they put my code on Github for their convenience.

> An expert can only be an expert on a repository that they have a history of contributing to

This is what I mean. Not everything happens in a repository like this. Unfortunately, I'm in the overwhelming minority here, but I still wanted to comment on this.

> If they still chose to give bad advice then I would be disappointed.

It's something to consider, for it will happen.