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Are we being inclusive with our community recognitions?

on YouTube 26m
Talkat FOSS Backstage 2022 · on Thursday, 2022-03-17· at 17:00· Stage 1· [diversity-and-inclusion, open-source]

speaker

name:Ray Paik
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/qWD9s9rBaj4
slides:none on file

summary

Open source recognition currently skews to GitHub/GitLab repo metrics, which hides chat, forum and meetup work on Discord/Slack/Matrix and by non-developers; the talk argues for measure contributions beyond repos, using nomination forms, community voting and short coffee chats to surface unseen helpers, and for offer private recognition when public spotlight harms participation. It recommends avoiding volume-based rankings, treating “heroes” as an advisory cohort, sending immediate DMs or swag for timely thanks, and tracking outcomes of these changes.

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chapters (10)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 2:54Why are recognitions important
  3. 5:04Common mistakes
  4. 8:03The problem
  5. 12:42Public recognitions
  6. 17:58Looking beyond the code
  7. 18:52Coffee chats
  8. 20:23Other things
  9. 22:22Ranking like contributors
  10. 22:59Conclusion

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