From fa098c79c708c9f93d4f0c9e6dc00b2ad6bd5d6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: magnus-mccaslin
- Correcting documentation is often one of the first contributions that new contributors make to a project. This is because it is often the easiest way to get started. According to Mozilla, potential contributors prefer preferred simpler tasks to more challenging tasks, and shorter tasks to long tasks.
+ Correcting documentation is often one of the first contributions that new contributors make to a project. This is because it is often the easiest way to get started. According to Mozilla, potential contributors prefer simpler tasks to more challenging tasks, and shorter tasks to long tasks.
They found when given simpler choices, the percentage of people who engaged with the Mozilla contribution page by either choosing a contribution task or selecting not-ready was 60%, much higher than the 15% engagement rate the page had seen before they began looking into potential contributor preferences. See