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Why People Donโt Contribute To Your Open Source Project
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Mike McQuaid Lead Maintainer (2009-18) twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid
@MikeMcQuaid Mike McQuaid Lead Maintainer (2009-18) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
@MikeMcQuaid Mike McQuaid Lead Maintainer (2009-18) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Why People Dont Contribute To Your Open Source Project @MikeMcQuaid Mike McQuaid Lead Maintainer (2009-18) twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid Mike McQuaid Senior Engineer (2013-18) github.com/MikeMcQuaid open-sourced has
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Senior Engineer (2013-18) github.com/MikeMcQuaid
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โ open-sourced โ has users ๐ฌ has contributors ๐ฌ has maintainers
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why does no-one contribute to my project? ๐ฎ
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why does no-one buy my product? ๐ฎ
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(maybe itโs bad) ๐
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โ product created โ product used ๐ฌ sales call made ๐ฌ product bought
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๏ช group ๐พ funnel โ upsell ๐ retain
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group ๏ช
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why are they interacting with your project? ๐ค
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users ๏ช
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contributors ๐ค
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maintainers ๐ก
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funnel ๐พ
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no-one ever became a contributor without being a user first
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no-one ever became a maintainer without being a user
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no-one excels as a maintainer without remaining a user
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leads prospects sales
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users contributors maintainers
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upsell โ
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most maintainers were talked into it ๐
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retain ๐
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do you have a (very) leaky funnel? โ
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users ๐ฑ high quality ๐ฑ no guilt merges ๐ no v2.0
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contributors ๐ด no bike shedding โ open discussions ๐ no feature issues
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maintainers ๐ code of conduct ๐ private chat ๐ด always growing
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๏ช group ๐พ funnel โ upsell ๐ retain
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why does everyone contribute to my project? ๐
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