Re: [UG-ADMINS] Karma System

Yes Stuart

Thank you for bring that to my memory, is exactly something like Whuffie
from "Down & Out In the Magic Kingdom"

Atenciosamente
Paulo Eduardo
www.pauloeduardo.com
www.psyco.com.br

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Stuart Grimshaw <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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
> >
>