Context Numerous open source software projects are based on volunteers collaboration
and require a continuous influx of newcomers for their continuity. Newcomers face barriers …

Context: Newcomers joining an unfamiliar software project face numerous barriers;
therefore, effective onboarding is essential to help them engage with the team and develop …

Newcomers' seamless onboarding is important for online communities that depend upon
leveraging the contribution of outsiders. Previous studies investigated aspects of the joining …

Online toxicity is ubiquitous across the internet and its negative impact on the people and
that online communities that it effects has been well documented. However, toxicity …

An inside look at modern open source software development and its influence on our online
social world. Open source software, in which developers publish code that anyone can use …

Community-based Open Source Software (OSS) projects are usually self-organized and
dynamic, receiving contributions from distributed volunteers. Newcomer are important to the …

Research has revealed that significant barriers exist when entering Open-Source Software
(OSS) communities and that women disproportionately experience such barriers. However …

Code review is an important quality assurance activity for software development. Code
review discussions among developers and maintainers can be heated and sometimes …

Source code hosting websites (code forges) have recently changed to more social
environments, and the contribution process evolved to the so-called pull-based …

Newcomers' seamless onboarding is important for open collaboration communities,
particularly those that leverage outsiders' contributions to remain sustainable. Nevertheless …