id like to ask if there is some guideline/advice for asking for open source contributions.
initially i thought i could just have open source code, documentation and communicate about it, but that doesnt seem to work for gaining contributors.
maybe there is something else im overlooking?
contributors would be using their own valuable time and effort so it could just be that my projects are not interesting enough. it might be worth concluding that i should proceed on this solo.
Ok, that’s great. I get what you’re trying to do now.
I think in terms of getting input I can only suggest that deliberately invoking Cunningham’s law is probably going to get you more responses that anything else. You are honest and upfront about the code being unstable but this is unlikely to motivate someone to audit it for you. Simply stating it’s the most secure web chat available for x reasons is more likely to motivate someone to prove you wrong. Even if their motivations are negative you might still find the insight valuable…