That's a great point. Do you see this happening already?
I think 'curating' the community will become more important over time. Right now anyone can sign up if they are willing to pay. If this becomes a problem we can move towards an invite-only model.
Another approach would be to decrease the ability for people to just 'take'. For example by ranking questions, product launches, etc by how active the person is in the community. People who answer a lot of questions would have their own questions show higher up on the page, etc. Or maybe you cannot even ask a question until you've meaningfully answered a couple.
Interesting. Part of me thinks wip manages itself really well.
There's a line somewhere: "give and you shall receive tenfold"
And I think this applies. The community is pretty good at applauding the givers and sometimes even reprimands people if they are clearly using wip for excessive self promotion.
But. Yes I would like some sort of reward given to the most helpful people.
My idea is: "Community member of the week / month"
Just a little badge given each month to the person who helps the most which shows up alongside patron / fire streak on the homepage. It could be a vote from all the wip members. Only the winner is announced. No other places are announced (so it doesn't turn into a big competition) And yes people could win more than once.
As well as rewarding people for being good members of the community. It also reminds people of the importance to help others out!
That's a great idea!
Should members be able to vote for each other, or should we just calculate based on number of applauds?
Not every helpful act might get an applause, but voting on members might suffer from recency/availability bias. (i.e. you give more weight to the people that are familiar and/or who helped you the last 2 days or so, rather than the full month).
Another website update in response to your response. Thanks for this Marc. Very helpful: www.getstance.com/pages/resea…
I actually created a WIP Women group after talking to @nadine_bejou, but I never properly shared it. There's no activity in that group, so I'll close it down in favor of this one. Thanks 🙏
Like all ads, it depends on whether you can make the economics work. I think they use market-driven pricing so it must be working for some.
yep, it's auction-based (so are adwords, facebook & instagram ads, btw)
Depends on where you're based. Best to talk to your local tax authority.
That said, I think generally it's better to just launch and get that initial revenue going. If you're just starting out with very limited revenue I think practically speaking nobody cares. It is a risk though.
If it helps, I live in India. And what is limited revenue (any number in $)? Is WIP registered?
Thanks, yes some people already quote this as a problem. We do have a few separate topic-specific groups, but people tend to stick around in the main one. Perhaps it would help if I make @wipbot available in other groups too + be more strict in the main chat? Direct people to the other groups when relevant.