As I’m preparing for a short-time gig I read the friendly documentation of a PHP framework.
I noticed a section close to the footer recognising contributors:
Ideally this should include people outside of the coding world but I like the idea.
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An application of this pattern:
You know how we all get frustrated by black holes where we submit bugs and never hear another word? Looking at you Radar/FB.
It happens to our customers, too.
They spend their valuable time reporting issues in our apps. And we fix those things. And that’s often the end of it.
We’ve started doing something about that: our release notes now thank whoever reported the bug. It takes very little time to add “Thx” and it builds a great relationship with your biggest fans.
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I would suggest to ask for consent before adding the name, though. There are people who feel uncomfortable with it. Also, it could be a case of deadnaming down the road (so perhaps go with a nickname?)
Great idea. Thanks for adding it to the thread.
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