New blog post: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/set-contributor-expectations-to-reduce-ghosting/ Set Contributor Expectations To Reduce Ghosting

It's frustrating when a new #opensource contributor vanishes. You can reduce how frequently that happens:
* Understand why they ghost
* Articulate your vision
* Set expectations in the contributors' guide, & in auto-replies/boilerplate replies
* Prioritize quick first-level reviews
* Follow up with "resources if you're stuck" checkins
* Build safeguards against cookie-licking

#maintainers #FLOSS #maintenance