Rewards for Contributions
Refers to the key issue of how to reward contributors in peer projects.
Description
Generally, awards take the form of:
- Earned point systems (e.g. Yahoo! Answers)
- Explicit endorsements (e.g. linkedIn)
- Peer rating systems and levels (e.g. Karma on Slashdot)
- Prizes (e.g. threadless.com)
- Recognition (e.g. open source code candidacy)
(summary from 'Hopper' in the Cooperation Commons mailing list)
More Information
Interesting blog posting on the topic at http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/05/rewarding_users_for_contributi.html