Hi Mark, Mark Leicester wrote: > > I've been thinking about incentives for community members. The main > community incentive - beyond sharing the fruits of our labour - is > committership. That goal is a long way off for a newbie. I have > wondering about the possibility of setting other targets in between - > particularly in relation to documentation.
I'm interested in hearing why you think that committership is *the* incentive for people to contribute? I find it plain wrong to dangle a committer-carrot in front of people to get them contributing. It attracts the wrong type of people and will hurt the community in the long term. Regards Jorg
