I couldn't agree more, I published the article first as "Why you should think twice about not contributing to Open Source" with a "not" and after I run it by a few people they didn't like the double negative and it was confusing.
I spent around 10-20 minutes picking a title for this article. Here are some of the other titles that I had in mind
How I started to contribute to open source
What you need to know to get started with open source contribution
How you should not ignore open source contribution
Why you should consider contributing to open source
A huge % of developers are contributing to open source, so should you
7 out of 10 developer contributes to open source, and why you should too
7 out of 10 developers contribute to open source and here is a guide how you could do it too
Open Source Contribution 101 - Why you should think twice about not contributing to open source
Why you should think twice about not contributing to open source
In comparison to the title, I spent days in preparing the content of the article and my intention has been to
promote open source contribution
show open source is a thing and should not be ignored
share some motivations, tips and suggestions
share my personal open source contribution as example
As I mentioned above, the title might be confusing but, it really comes down to every individual's interpretation. The main purpose of this article and it's content remains the same and that is solely to promote the culture of open source contribution.
Thank you for sharing your concern about the article's title. I hope that you enjoyed reading the content of the article and if you have any suggestions, feedback and concerns I would be happy to listen.
I couldn't agree more, I published the article first as "Why you should think twice about not contributing to Open Source" with a "not" and after I run it by a few people they didn't like the double negative and it was confusing.
Maybe you should rephrase it completely? It's misleading
I spent around 10-20 minutes picking a title for this article. Here are some of the other titles that I had in mind
In comparison to the title, I spent days in preparing the content of the article and my intention has been to
As I mentioned above, the title might be confusing but, it really comes down to every individual's interpretation. The main purpose of this article and it's content remains the same and that is solely to promote the culture of open source contribution.
Thank you for sharing your concern about the article's title. I hope that you enjoyed reading the content of the article and if you have any suggestions, feedback and concerns I would be happy to listen.
I think the title is perfect!
Like someone earlier said, click-bait in a friendly way!😁
yeah, after reading I kinda got the "don't want to contribute to open source? think again" meaning, and it was nice 😅