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@MikeMcQuaid Why People Don’t Contribute To Your Open Source Project !

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Mike McQuaid Lead Maintainer (2009-18) twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid

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! Mike McQuaid Senior Engineer (2013-18) github.com/MikeMcQuaid

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@MikeMcQuaid ✅ open-sourced ✅ has users has contributors has maintainers

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@MikeMcQuaid why does no-one contribute to my project?

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@MikeMcQuaid why does no-one buy my product?

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@MikeMcQuaid (maybe it’s bad)

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@MikeMcQuaid ✅ product created ✅ product used sales call made product bought

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@MikeMcQuaid ! group funnel ☝ upsell retain

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@MikeMcQuaid group !

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@MikeMcQuaid why are they interacting with your project?

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@MikeMcQuaid users !

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@MikeMcQuaid contributors

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@MikeMcQuaid maintainers

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@MikeMcQuaid funnel

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@MikeMcQuaid no-one ever became a contributor without being a user first

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@MikeMcQuaid no-one ever became a maintainer without being a user

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@MikeMcQuaid no-one excels as a maintainer without remaining a user

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@MikeMcQuaid leads prospects sales

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@MikeMcQuaid users contributors maintainers !

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@MikeMcQuaid upsell ☝

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@MikeMcQuaid most maintainers were talked into it

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@MikeMcQuaid

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@MikeMcQuaid

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@MikeMcQuaid

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@MikeMcQuaid docs.brew.sh/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request.html

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@MikeMcQuaid docs.brew.sh/New-Maintainer-Checklist.html

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@MikeMcQuaid retain

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@MikeMcQuaid do you have a (very) leaky funnel? ☔

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@MikeMcQuaid users high quality no guilt merges no v2.0

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@MikeMcQuaid contributors no bike shedding ☎ open discussions no feature issues

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@MikeMcQuaid maintainers code of conduct private chat always growing

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@MikeMcQuaid ! group funnel ☝ upsell retain

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@MikeMcQuaid why does everyone contribute to my project?

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@MikeMcQuaid questions?