Post Status Excerpt (No. 66) — What Does It Mean To Contribute To WordPress?

And I would say you're contributing by learning. Like if you're, if you're learning in community, that's a step

- Dan Knauss

How do we give back? We all want a community of creativity, cooperation, and contribution — how do we get there?

In this episode Dan and Ny talk about WordPress and giving back. Giving, making, creating... Looking at the search results for "Make WordPress" and "the firehose" of Make WordPress Slack where the #docs channel was having their weekly meeting, Dan and Ny look at the wide range of options there are for new contributors.,

Mentoring and organizing Meetups is a topic that comes up again. That's where Ny feels she has been given the most and most enjoys giving back. However, there are barriers to getting people engaged with the WordPress project — and to work for free.

Dan asks what needs to be done to reach younger people. Ny talks about the barriers from a BIPOC perspective, where sensitivity to history and personal stories matters. Dan relates that to an inner city gardening project he volunteered with that had an all-white leadership team. If contributing is a privilege, how can we help elevate more people to that level of privilege?

Also covered:

• How does the older open source culture of contribution (not) translate to the contemporary culture of the "creator economy?"
• Dan's initial experience with trying to onboard himself in #docs.

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🔗 Mentioned in the Show

• Make WordPress
• WordPress Slack
• Daniel Schutzsmith's Tech Roundup (last week's)
• Josepha Haden Chomphosy says a new WordPress mentoring program is in the works
• Dan's post on languages of contribution and creation in WordPress and the Creator Economy
• The WordPress Briefing: Episode 36: Beginner’s Guide to Contributions 2.0
• The WordPress Briefing: Episode 27: Is WordPress Made for Me?

👋 Credits

• Nyasha Green, Editorial Director at MasterWP (Twitter)
• Dan Knauss, Editor for Post Status (Twitter)
• Olivia Bisset, Web Producer intern for Post Status (Twitter)

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