Ask HN: Users offer to help with your non-OSS project. What do you do?
One of my projects recently got some press. Some new users that signed up offered to help out with the project. It is not open source. I have no budget to pay anyone, and would like to maintain control over the project. How can I take advantage of these offers?
Tell the truth: You are currently not set up to have him/her help, and further, you aren't sure yet what (s)he would be able to do to help out. Should the situation change, you will gratefully contact that person.