Re: [UG-ADMINS] Karma System

I've always liked the idea of Whuffie from Cory Doctorow's "Down & Out In
the Magic Kingdom", I always thought that would work well in tech circles...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie


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On 27 April 2015 at 21:47, Ben Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote:

> A while back, the idea of community "badges" sounded appealing to me, but
> after giving it a lot of thought, I'm not so sure it will work well at the
> local level.
>
> We have a duty as user group leaders to ensure that people feel welcome at
> our groups and to understand that each person participates at the level
> they feel comfortable. Just because someone participates at a "lower" level
> than us doesn't make their participation insignificant.
>
> Over the years, I have seen people who have only attended one or fewer
> meetings a year, who have lurked on the mailing list and IRC, posting very
> little (if at all). Yet, that passive participation still makes them feel
> like they are a part of the group; it is still THEIR group. They often read
> the messages and follow along, even if they don't appear active to us.
>
> I like having these people as members of the group. I want to encourage
> them to be more active, but even if they choose not to become more active
> (according to my definition of "active"), they should not be punished for
> their passive involvement. I think gamifying the user group would hurt
> their involvement and they may see it as a punishment for participating in
> their own way.
>
> This has led to a loose definition of "membership" for me. In fact, I try
> to keep it as loose as possible. In short, if you're signed up for the
> mailing list (or Meetup.com, or the forums, or whatever), then you're a
> member. It's that simple. (It also means I don't have to worry about
> defining what an "active member" is.)
>
> Just my $0.02. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>