In this study, we have explored how communication within a community shapes the future direction of an open-source project.

131 users participated among which 39 users started popular open-source projects and 92 are top contributors in open-source projects.

Key observations:

The best way to get into a discussion is to make a contribution

The potential discussion platforms are Slack, Discourse and GitHub issues.

Maintainers prefer Discourse while contributors seem to have an inclination towards Slack

Which platform you use, plan to use or prefer for community communication?

Options given: Slack, Discord, Telegram, Discourse, Gitter, GitHub issues

Have your participation changed a future decision for the open-source project?

Yes : 32.82%

No : 67.17%

Which of the metrics are the source of effective discussions?

Options given: general, contributions, issues, feature requests

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