On Wednesday 15 January 2014 08:51:39 Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
On Tuesday 14 January 2014 10:24:07 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
I would start with just showing what people do. That doesn't have to be a 'just collect, display and see what happens', any more than that rewarding points has to be 'just give out, display and see what happens'. We can think about what we want to encourage and how just as much.
Showing what people do is all good and nice. But we all should also keep in mind the other side of this. Show an interest in what other people do. Appreciate the work of others. Thank people for contribution. Respond to bug reports, submit requests, etc. with respect and the willingness to make the best of it. Give constructive feedback to presenters and writers. Attend events. Spread the word about what the people of openSUSE are doing.
People valuing and appreciating the work of other people. For me that's a much more powerful motivation than a machine assigning points, no matter how clever it's done.
Sure. But this isn't either-or: to be able to value other people's work, you need to know what they do. That's the thing we want to do here: make it visible what people do.