Do not try to equalize a maintainer guarding their time and energy from having to deal with an issue that has already been fixed and users that refuse to search or read with trying to cover up for gross negligence and bugs.
There are better ways of dealing with it. For example, a particular issue can both be locked and pinned. The readme too can be updated to reflect the concerns. There is never a need to disable all user interaction. It is foul-play and it stinks of other major bugs that the authors don't want users to become aware of.