stpaultim, 2 months ago

@J12t @Gargron @andypiper

At an open source conference this weekend and talking to folks about the different experiences that people report about the community. While some folks report a cliquish and closed core team that make it difficult to contribute, others are glowing in their praise about how welcoming and open the community is and supportive of new contributions.

Both of these experiences are probably accurate, but demonstrate how individual milage varies. So many factors.

stpaultim, 2 months ago

@J12t @Gargron @andypiper

The larger the project, the more likely that some folks are going to have bad experiences.

We should try to learn from those bad experiences without assuming they are the norm.

I have no personal experience contributing to Mastodon, so I don't know what the "average" new contributor experience is.

andypiper, 2 months ago

@J12t @Gargron which session was that?

J12t, 2 months ago

@andypiper @Gargron 1-d on the threadverse