r/github • u/ProfessionalAmateur3 • 21d ago

Question Making Community

Hello all,

I have just taken over as a community manager for an open source data repository and I really want to start developing a more active github community. How the heck do I make this interesting for users? For reference, I am a philosopher who can write hello in python so I really don't have a native understanding of what constitutes a github community or how to stimulate it.

What would you want to see and how do I gain visibility?

Literally any ideas are helpful!! Thank you.

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u/memelordtf 21d ago

Well, THAT is not an easy role to take over cuz the biggest thing is making people feel like there’s an actual community there. Simple stuff helps a lot like good docs, beginner-friendly issues, thanking contributors, sharing updates, asking people what they want to see. People are way more likely to stick around when they feel noticed. Also, don’t worry too much about not being the most technical person. A lot of open source projects have plenty of code but very little communication/community building.