> Do newcomers feel confident enough to ask questions there? We get a few a quarter, guess the bigger question is “why do we not get more”? I don’t have issues following another channel, glad to help where I can. Another channel is low effort so I don’t have any issues trying to see if it helps.
> On Nov 8, 2021, at 9:12 AM, Benjamin Lerer <b.le...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> cassandra-dev has low enough volume that newbie questions can be >> accommodated. >> > > I agree that we could deal with newbie questions on the cassandra-dev > channel. The question for me is more: Do newcomers feel confident enough to > ask questions there? > > Can we try anything different like people who volunteer as mentors to be >> contacted with questions at the beginning before people start feeling >> comfortable with channels? >> > > The main problem that we have with mentors currently is that it can be > difficult for newcomers to find people that can help them as mentors. We > would need to find a way to communicate that clearly. In my mind the new > channel could have been used also for that. > > I do not know if a channel would help. The idea makes sense to me but I > would have loved to have some confirmation from people that are interested > in contributing or that are newcomers working on their first patches. > > Le lun. 8 nov. 2021 à 17:55, Ekaterina Dimitrova <e.dimitr...@gmail.com> a > écrit : > >> Can we try anything different like people who volunteer as mentors to be >> contacted with questions at the beginning before people start feeling >> comfortable with channels? >> They can also be per specific area or something like that? >> >> I also feel that not many people will use another public channel, >> especially someone shy in very early career. >> >> On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 11:39, Jeff Jirsa <jji...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> New developers or new users? I'd be afraid that a new developer-focused >>> channel might not get many eyes (or, it'll get the same 600 eyes, and >> it'll >>> have the same problem). >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 8:29 AM Benjamin Lerer <ble...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everybody, >>>> >>>> Aleksei Zotov mentioned to me that it was a bit intimidating for >>> newcomers >>>> to ask beginner questions in the cassandra-dev channel as it has over >> 600 >>>> followers and that we should probably have a specific channel for >>>> newcomers. >>>> This proposal makes total sense to me. >>>> >>>> What is your opinion on this? Do you have any concerns about it? >>>> >>>> Benjamin >>>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
