Good Communities (Kinds Of)
This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.
Back in October, [Sarah Sharp](http://sarah.thesharps.us/) posted a really useful article titled "[What makes a good community?](http://sarah.thesharps.us/2015/10/06/what-makes-a-good-community/)". In it, she divided online tech communities into six levels (numbered from zero, of course) according to how welcoming and supportive they are. I would put Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry in Level 1, and say that we're starting to do meaningful work toward Level 2. I would appreciate feedback of two kinds:- If you agree, what should we do in 2016 to get to Level 2?
- If you don’t, where are we falling short of Level 1 (or Level 0)?