I appreciated this recent comment on the Gemini protocol mailing list:

“Personally I favour being approachable and charitable over outreach and active recruitment, especially for something like Gemini. If we have great documentation, if we do not welcome toxicity, and if we keep things simple, people that share the mindset will be drawn in.” — İ. Göktuğ Kayaalp

These are things for open source and other community efforts to strive for.