If someone conspired to enroll my computer in a botnet, constructive problem solving would not be the first thing on my mind, and in fact I don't see how it could be my responsibility. If I fuck up very badly and people are mad and unconstructive, that's unpleasant but the problem is my fuckup, not people being mad about it in the wrong way.

It seems to me that it's up to the author to explain why the project can still be trusted, they can't just do this and expect that people will still trust them just because they reverted it.