[SIG ContribEx] Weekly Contributor Comms Meeting for 20250502

[SIG ContribEx] Weekly Contributor Comms Meeting for 20250502

Source: YouTube · Kubernetes · published May 2, 2025 · 52:17

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The Kubernetes community social media team reviews year-to-date performance, highlighting growth on LinkedIn and strong engagement on technical content, especially around CVEs and mentoring programs. Key takeaways include LinkedIn’s rapid growth, the importance of technical content, and a strong interest in contributor mentoring.

Key Takeaways:
• LinkedIn grew from 0 to 11,679 followers in 6 months, showing 50% growth acceleration 18:45-19:13.
• CVE announcements drove high engagement across all platforms, with especially strong interaction on LinkedIn 26:08-26:46.
• The ETCD mentoring cohort generated the highest click-through rates on Kate's contributors account, indicating strong demand for mentorship opportunities 25:13-25:25.
• Buffer analysis recommends posting with links and on specific days (e.g., Sunday for contributors, Saturday for LinkedIn), though current practices differ 29:09-30:20.

Social media is a vital tool for reaching contributors and the broader community, with technical content and security updates driving engagement. The team plans to expand mentorship programs and explore automated blog posting on LinkedIn to improve reach.

Sources:

  • 18:45-19:13 LinkedIn growth and follower acceleration.
  • 26:08-26:46 Engagement spikes from CVE posts across platforms.
  • 25:13-25:25 High click-through on ETCD mentoring content.
  • 29:09-30:20 Buffer’s recommendations for posting frequency and content type.

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Hello and welcome everyone to the Friday May 2nd edition of the contributor comm's team meeting. A reminder this operates under a code of conduct as does every meeting in the Kubernetes community which is a great thing that Kubernetes does as an open source project which essentially says to be respectful of your fellow speakers and attendees and generally be excellent to each other. At the beginning of the meeting here, we like to offer an opportunity for folks to introduce themselves if you would like to. We have a lot of regular folks on today. This is totally optional. I'll kick things off because I like to use this as an excuse to explain what the meeting is about. I'm Kaslyn Fields and I am a co-lead of this sub project and a co-chair of its owning special interest group within Kubern…