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New blog post: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/set-contributor-expectations-to-reduce-ghosting/ Set Contributor Expectations To Reduce Ghosting
It's frustrating when a new #opensource contributor vanishes. You can reduce how frequently that happens:
* Understand why they ghost
* Articulate your vision
* Set expectations in the contributors' guide, & in auto-replies/boilerplate replies
* Prioritize quick first-level reviews
* Follow up with "resources if you're stuck" checkins
* Build safeguards against cookie-licking
You make the leap of faith that this stranger will stick around and be responsive for weeks/months of intermittent communication.
Or you don't. You ignore the patch, or leave it for a "later" that never comes. Or you explicitly say it's not good enough & you'd rather do it yourself, & close the thread.
Or maybe there's another way.
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/set-contributor-expectations-to-reduce-ghosting/
Another post drawing from conversations with #maintainer @davidism.