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Discussion on: The “good first issue” myth

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Ben Halpern

What if we had a weekly post on DEV where we plucked a bunch of "good first issues" and added a few sentences about why each might be a good first one and who it might be good for?

Having that extra editorial step might be a decent way for people to skim and discover, and also know that the issues are not stale because we're publishing about them today.

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Mark Adamson

I didn't actually realise that Dev.to was open source until your email came through. Now I love it even more 😍

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Keff

That great sound Ben, I would for help for sure, I tried helping you guys out a few times, but never found a relevant issue for me. This would make it a lot easier for people like me.

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Dzhavat Ushev

That sounds fantastic! ❤

I will also encourage the idea of restricting somehow these issues to "first timers" only. It could be by politely rejecting the PRs of people who are not first time contributors (unless the issue is somehow critical). It could also be by saying that an issue can be taken by a first-time contributor within a month of its creation. Afterwards it's open for everyone.

I think that a post like that will have a positive effect. You can give it a try a few times and see if it works :)