> In my case, I received most of the entitled requests via email to the address that I had used for the git commits

Same here. To avoid getting overwhelmed by this, I have setup a particular email address tied to my git commits, that gets re-sent to my main email address, where it gets filtered, marked as seen and tagged as "potentially spam". I look at this tag sometimes (maybe once a month), depending on my available time, but in most cases, I just receive automated spam that is not even worth opening.

you can set a private github email: https://github.community/t/your-privacy-on-github/10206

Yeah, I was talking about Git in general, not specifically GitHub. I'm contributing to a few projects that are not on GitHub, and my solution works everywhere, not just on GitHub.

What about the developers that insist on using Github ? It's out of the question for me to create an account there, and Github doesn't allow anonymous posts. So email is often the only way to reach them.

You're choosing to not use the system they use to run the project. If that means you can't communicate with them then that is your problem, not theirs.

Personally I think we all lose in this situation, the community included. E-mail should always be an option.

For projects that want to cast the widest net, they should arguably engage with community (broadly) wherever they are/want to be. For small projects/individuals? It can absolutely make sense to insist on a specific workflow that reduces their work.

Why is it out of the question for you to create a GitHub account?

Because I'm trying to rid my life of the GAFAMs, not getting myself even more embedded into their ecosystems.