The issue tracker is absolute doo doo. I hate it; it's a giant waste of time, turns bug reporting into a popularity contest where you have to make a bug report and then come to the forums to launch a campaign and browbeat everyone into going to upvote it. The issue tracker just feels like it was purpose-built to intentionally and maliciously make bug reporting a discouraging hurdle.
Ten "community approval stamps" just to keep your ticket from vanishing into the ether in a month -- making the time you spent crafting the bug report just a frustrating waste of time. Doesn't matter how easy to reproduce the bug is or how long it's been around; the ticket is just vaporized.
I know I sound bitter, but I don't even waste my time on the issue tracker anymore. For issues that I took time out of my day to write, in exact detail, with video evidence on how to reproduce, to just get deleted because they didn't win a popularity contest. It's infuriating.
The bug report forums were an absolute dream to use compared to the issue tracker.