RE: Low level community

Ross Gardler <rgardler-yabmN0NJNhHwJSu5WlVMogC/[email protected]> Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:14:38 -0700
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Keep working and make sure people know about your project. You can only att=
ract devs by a) having something of value to then and b) ensuring they know=
 about it. It takes effort and patience.

Identify the most common use case for your code (today that is whatever kee=
ps you involved), write a tutorial, blog, tweet, present, demo. Improve sup=
port for the use case, update tutorial, blog, tweet, demo etc. Rinse and re=
peat.

One last thing, talk to yourself. That is tell the community (that is any l=
urkers) what you are doing, why and how. Ask for input, testing, contributi=
ons. It might feel like a waste of time if there is never a response, but o=
ne day there might be.

Sent from my phone - please forgive brevity and typos=20

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From: "jan i" <[email protected]>
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To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Low level community






On 28 June 2014 11:09, Lewis John Mcgibbney <[email protected]> wro=
te:

Hi  Folks,

community@ is the orrect place for this question.

What do we* do when we have low level activity, low level community, genera=
lly speaking low level anything on a project?



marketing :-) Make other committers interested in your project, e.g. by hav=
ing a nice homepage, where it is easy to see how the reader can help your p=
roject and if there are projects related to your project, mail a polite que=
stion on their ML.


rgds
jan I.=20

I am NOT talking about the attic.

I am committed to ensuring the project is NOT going to the attic.

Lewis



* in the collective sense. Your, I, Us, Etc.


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font-size: 11pt;">Keep working and make sure people know about your project=
. You can only attract devs by a) having something of value to then and b) =
ensuring they know about it. It takes effort and patience.<br><br>Identify =
the most common use case for your code (today that is whatever keeps you in=
volved), write a tutorial, blog, tweet, present, demo. Improve support for =
the use case, update tutorial, blog, tweet, demo etc. Rinse and repeat.<br>=
<br>One last thing, talk to yourself. That is tell the community (that is a=
ny lurkers) what you are doing, why and how. Ask for input, testing, contri=
butions. It might feel like a waste of time if there is never a response, b=
ut one day there might be.<br><br>Sent from my phone - please forgive brevi=
ty and typos </div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><hr><span style=3D"font-family: C=
alibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span =
style=3D"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href=3D"mail=
to:[email protected]">jan i</a></span><br><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri=
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community</span><br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extr=
a"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 28 June 2014 11:09, Lewis John Mcg=
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arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>=0A=
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,<br></div>community@ is the orrect place for this question.<br></div>What =
do we* do when we have low level activity, low level community, generally s=
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tters interested in your project, e.g. by having a nice homepage, where it =
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