Currently the bot greets people with a somewhat impersonal message:
As @PombeirP described to me, the original motivation here was mostly that Status Core gets a notification when new contributors come along. This message however is also the first interaction between Status as an organization and potential contributors. We should invest in this interaction.
Some ideas to improve it:
🙋🏽♂️ Instead of a message by a bot it could be written by a human, perhaps a contributor to the repo the PR belongs to. I believe being welcomed by an actual human may go a long way in creating a lasting connection between Status and a new contributor. (The role of the bot would then be pinging an appropriate human and maybe supplying him with some additional information about the user, maybe even a varying message template)
⭐️ The message could contain additional information such as links to documented best practices for the repo or testing instructions.
Currently the bot greets people with a somewhat impersonal message:
As @PombeirP described to me, the original motivation here was mostly that Status Core gets a notification when new contributors come along. This message however is also the first interaction between Status as an organization and potential contributors. We should invest in this interaction.
Some ideas to improve it: