On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:46:05PM -0500, Jason Hibbets wrote:
>
> What would be the incentives or self-motivators for the opensource.com
> community?
* Seeing that what you are doing is adding up to something; making a
difference. More of a "my brick fits in the wall of this
courtyard", or even "my idea to make a rose garden wheel fits in
this courtyard."
* Recognition that you do know what you are talking about; not in an
obnoxious way, but more like, "Hey, you can keep arguing English
semantics with her, but be aware that she holds a PhD in that field
and will wipe the court with you."
- What's hardest here is that these acknowledgements are usually
better when delivered by person; the team leader's trick of
saying, "Ask Rory that baking question, he's the team expert on
cinnamon cookies," as a way to ack Rory, get Rory involved, up
Rory's stake in the game, and get a question answered.
- So, maybe a dashboard that is visible that shows things we can all
then interprete. If I see that Ruth always makes insightful
comments, I'd like to both uptick her comments and see a way to
push that recognition manually -- like submitting her for a new
title of "Smartmouth" or something.
- Maybe, then, I'd use my points gained to push recognition to other
people? A system where points given by people to me can only
really be used to push other people higher?
- Karsten
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name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Community Gardener
team: Red Hat Community Architecture
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