Consider contributing to lemmy! : opensource

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I’m sure we all have our little gripes with the platform...

That's how I started contributing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can make a clicking bot using bash. Is this enough? /joke

Serious now, is there any way for non-coders to help out?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yes! The contributing guide mentions that there are plenty of other ways including design, translations, donations, and even just reporting issues you come across! Everything can be a huge help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Contribute to Kbin! :)

I'm from Kbin

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That also works :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If i can find something i can help with i will do it, ok now i see, now i understand, because sometimes people have complaints and issues with the software but since lemmy is open source then it wil be easier to resolve these issues if people contribute to it

[+] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] Krafting 9 points 1 year ago

this is not how most open source project works.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the developers do not distribute donations among all contributors

I understand completely. I've received a total of 400$ or so from open source bounties and other rewards, and would love to see a similar model in many more projects, including lemmy... and yet, please bear in mind that lemmy's monthly income is currently only around 500 dollars (and that's increased in the past couple months), excluding nlnet funding. The top two contributors have each added around 40 times more lines then the third to the project. Totaling all 140 independent contributors, they still fall more than 5x short of either of the main developers. My takeaway is that this site needs more funding.

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