“mostly it's it's yes Discord GitHub and Twitter is kind of where everything happens being really responsive in Discord when people ask questions or say they have trouble getting something up and running that gives us feedback over how we can make it easier”

Open-source community lives across Discord + GitHub + Twitter, not GitHub alone

Managing hundreds of contributors feels more like running a Discord server than a code repo. Being responsive on Discord when people hit setup issues doubles as product feedback for reducing onboarding friction — the support thread IS the install-flow research. Plan for three channels at minimum if shipping open source.