Re: [Osdc-list] Points system

[Jason Hibbets <jhibbets redhat com>]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for weighing in so far. I left the topic rather broad at first to 
see where folks were at on the spectrum.

The concept of having a points system on opensource.com was to provide 
the ability / framework to highlight our users and contributors.

My opinion is that I think having a ranked system may not work well. 
I've heard from multiple people some re-occurring themes:
- keep is simple (with references to how hackernews and reddit do it)
- be transparent about how it works

I think the main things we are interested in is to find a way to 
incentivize people to rate, comment, vote in polls, and vote up/down. Do 
you think a points system would accomplish that?

Thanks,
Jason

Jason Hibbets wrote:
> Hi opensource.com users.
>
> We just posted a discussion on our Facebook page about adding a points 
> system to opensource.com - 
> http://www.facebook.com/opensourceway?v=app_2373072738#!/topic.php?uid=162962298056&topic=18458 
>
>
> Feel free to help start the conversation there, or, if you'd like, we 
> can collect feedback via the mailing list as well.
>
> *Points system*
> We're looking at installing a Drupal point system module on the site. 
> What do you think?
>
> What other sites do you use that have points systems that you like? Why 
> do you like them?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jason

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