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I think the converse would be very interesting as well: Why do people dis-engage?
by blattimwind 8y ago
I think the converse would be very interesting as well: Why do people dis-engage?
- jolmg 8y agoThe paper also addresses that at section 3, Barriers[1]: - Large and complex project - Lack of time of the project leaders - Non-clear, complex or buggy codebase - Lack of time of the own contributor - Inappropriate design or architecture - etc. [1] https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/papers/1803.05741/#S3.SS3 https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/papers/1803.05741/#S3.SS3
- fundamental 8y agoIn addition to people dis-engaging, it's interesting to see both in this paper and in other literature what factors can create feedback loops. For instance a project which loses a few contributors could result in the other contributors getting overloaded/burnt-out, which could then repel new contributors, thus forming a negative feedback loop. Usually when I see these sorts of papers come up I try to look at both the short term actionable items to-do/to-avoid as well as other notes which impact more long-term project/community health. There are a bunch of cool papers in this space and it's neat to see the slightly different views each one comes up with.