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Discussion on: How can open source contributors and maintainers engage in a respectful ongoing relationship?

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Mike Sherov

When I was a jQuery maintainer in 2011, our big rule was: the first 3 words you wrote when responding to issues and questions were "thanks for contributing" and the 4th word couldn't be "but". Helped frame conversations positively right out of the gate.