@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
The thing nobody mentions about trying to become an open source contributor. It’s not only about “trust”. Many maintainers also want to know if you have the same brain as them. Because they have a vision for the project and won’t let anyone ruin that vision.
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@ehashdn ("e. hashman 🇵🇸") wrote:
Yes, and imho that's correct, because there's no magic formula to building trust with people.
You can write out pages of contributor guides and people can follow them to the letter and it still might not work out! I think false hope is more discouraging than ambiguity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1459623476201881602