Re: [UG-ADMINS] Karma System

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> So yes, they may have different issues, or maybe they just have ideas on
> how to motivate PHP developers that differ from what we've tried before.
> That doesn't make them wrong, just means that they are different.
>

I didn't say anyone was wrong, and I'm not against this project. I'm just
not clear on how it would benefit or work for Nashville PHP, for example.


> The thing I like about this idea is that there is no pressure on any group
> to participate. If a leader decides for the group, I think that's bad, but
> if the group decides that this isn't something of interest to them, fine.
>

I think we should be careful that this group (ug-admins) doesn't appear to
be forcing anything on any of the global user group leaders. This statement
sounds like you're not in favor of letting the leaders of individual groups
decide what's best for their group. Maybe I misread that, which is why I'm
pointing it out for clarification. :-)


> Unlike SO, I don't see participation in this program as a definition of
> being a part of the PHP community, it's just gamification of participation.
>

It sounds to me like it's gamification of participation in a user group,
not the greater community—unless I'm completely misunderstanding the use
case here.

Specifically, Paulo said:

here we try to take decisions all together, something close to a democracy
> where every active member have a voice on the community and can vote on importante
> topics
>
> The problem is that is a little difficult to define "active member", so we thought
> about a karma system where the member can earn points of participation in
> differente types of activities on the User Group


Did I misunderstand the intent of the project? It's for figuring out who is
an active member of the user group for the purpose of determining who has
voting rights in making decisions. Is that correct?

Cheers,
Ben