Fostering Connection Beyond Task Completion

The existing platforms like GitHub do not naturally facilitate deeper connections among its community members, with interactions primarily limited to filing issues and committing code. Encouraging meaningful connections through video calls in a seamless way could enhance relationships and engagement. Currently, organizing meetings over video calls on different platforms involves multiple apps and manual coordination, which hinders the establishment of genuine human connections. There is a need to explore new affordances on these platforms that streamline the process of creating meaningful relationships within the community, akin to the concept of church memberships in open source projects, where contributions do not require individuals to become maintainers and coercion is avoided.