Write a chapter on incentivizing participation through rewards systems

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Write a chapter on incentivizing participation through rewards systems

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quaid commented 3 years ago

Gamification and rewards

Answer 1 · 2021-06-24T17:54:01.000Z

Karma, points, access to things

Think about how you reward and incentivize

you get more of the behaviors you reward

Formal and informal mechanisms

How do you move people from user to contributor by rewarding their participation?

Answer 2 · 2021-08-02T11:57:30.000Z

I realize we've flagged this chapter for inclusion in the Growing Contributors section; however, another option might be to include it in Guiding Participants as a follow-on to @ghaff's chapter on contributor motivations. This way, the chapter on motivations opens directly onto a discussion of rewards and incentives.

Answer 3 · 2021-08-26T19:50:11.000Z

I've initialized a chapter template for this work. All are welcome to have at it! I'll include some forthcoming writing from @bproffitt on karma systems when it drops, and will brainstorm a few ideas of my own, too.

Answer 4 · 2021-09-15T14:59:13.000Z

Update: I've begun work on this and have created a new branch, rewards, to get started. All are welcome.

Answer 5 · 2021-10-04T18:50:41.000Z

I've completed a draft, sans conclusion, which I'll write when we've done a bit more polishing.

I'm going to begin re-reading and revising, but in the spirit of releasing early and often, I wanted to also seek @theopensourceway/editors feedback as well.