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!
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).
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).
glad you like it — yeah, i think applause makes more sense for the reasons you've stated!