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CONTRIBUTING.md

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 # Contributing to Shoelace
 
-Shoelace is an open source project, meaning everyone can use it and contribute to its development. Please take a moment to review these guidelines to make the contribution process as easy as possible for both you and the project's maintainers.
+Shoelace is an open source project, meaning everyone can use it and contribute to its development. When you join our community, you'll find a friendly group of enthusiasts of all experience levels who are willing to chat about anything and everything related to Shoelace.
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+The easiest way to get started contributing is to join the [community chat](https://discord.gg/mg8f26C). This is where we hang out, discuss new ideas, ask for feedback, and more!
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+A common misconception about contributing to an open source project is that you need to know how to code. This simply isn't true. In fact, there are _many_ ways to contribute, and some of the most important contributions come from those who never write a single line of code. Here's a list of ways you can make a meaningful contribution to the project:
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+- Submitting well-written bug reports
+- Submitting feature requests that are within the scope of the project
+- Improving the documentation
+- Responding to users that need help in the [community chat](https://discord.gg/mg8f26C)
+- Triaging issues on GitHub
+- Being a developer advocate for the project
+- Sponsoring the project financially
+- Writing tests
+- And, of course, contributing code!
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+Please take a moment to review these guidelines to make the contribution process as easy as possible for both yourself and the project's maintainers.
 
 ## Using the Issue Tracker