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I would be happy to give feedback, but I have no idea how to do so. On a few occasions, I have responded to posts, such as like on Lemmy where someone asked for suggestions to improve KDE. I still have no idea how to use GitHub at all, much less to provide feedback. I know GitHub is something I can work on to learn to interact with the FOSS development community, but it's probably a major barrier to the non-tech people that use FOSS.
Now that I think about it, I'm thinking it would increase non-tech interaction if developers of FOSS engaged the community through social media. Like, get on Lemmy, Mastodon, even Reddit, FB, and Instagram, and engage the community in these discussions. I think that will definitely increase engagement from the non-tech users, though some of those sites may feel like a betrayal of values. It seems like an interesting ethical dilemma.
Edit: So I looked into it for KDE in particular. They actually have a Wiki that simplifies user engagement. Maybe promoting these avenues will also help engagement.
Thanks for the elaborate explanation. Learned a lot today. :)
We definitely need more integration between say github and social media. You can already comment on github stuff but devs would probably puke if john commented that he‘d like the button in red.
Not sure myself how this would work. Probably a sliding scale of integration and ease of use so peeps dont just comment for fun or to let off steam.
Edit: DUDE! I just realized its you! Hahahaha thanks for replying! :)
You're welcome! The more I think about it, I think it's mostly an exposure thing. Unless I'm really invested in tech, I'm not going to be going to those sites regularly. But I do go to my social media sites often, so if I regularly saw discussions/posts on the topic, I'd be more like to engage since it's in my awareness more often.
Right‽ Isn't it exciting when you see someone you know doing there thing? It's like, "Hey, that's my friend!"
Yeah! Absolutely. Actually, a couple people are getting inspired by this and I‘m very happy to have made a little difference. Your message helped as well.
Lets see where this goes. Would you want to beta test some new approach as well? Someone is making a python questionaire or such.
Yeah, for sure! I can't be using this awesome OS without contributing to it somehow.
Neat! Will let you know once i hear back!
Stupid question who is he? Sounds like you either know him or know of him.
A friend! :) also someone with great ideas and a lot of insight.