The Open Source Community Core
summary
A concise playbook: define the five or six onboarding steps and shepherd newcomers through casual regulars core stages; design simple, measurable first contributions (ask a question, submit a patch) and track progress on platforms like GitHub and Discourse; use both stated and submarine incentives — explicit badges and leaderboards plus hidden triggers that send swag, personalized mugs via Mattermost, or even fly active contributors to Raleigh; examples include Linux UK, Wolverhampton LUG, KDE involvement, and running jocose communities, all shown to scale engagement.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Jonos Story
- 2:43Open Source Communities
- 5:05Best Experiences
- 7:41The Casual Phase
- 9:20Human Psychology
- 10:57Incentives
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