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> A question for all open-source people, how do you measure these different sources of traction as I also got nice discussions under the posts. The only measur
by JohnFen 1y ago
> A question for all open-source people, how do you measure these different sources of traction as I also got nice discussions under the posts.
The only measure I've found that's useful is actual engagement: real people asking real questions about the project, bug reports, help requests, that sort of thing. Tangible evidence that the project is being used.
I've found generally that things like upvotes, github stars, etc., aren't actually very good indicators of traction. They're very crude and have a very large margin of error.
- imilev 1y agoI understand, so you would much rather count an active Issue more valueable then few stars. I am saying active as I have seen already issues being open and as soon as a comment on my side gets in the person has disappeared, I suppose people are busy and don't have too much time for open-source anyway, so if the project doesn't run first try they give up.