Klaas Freitag wrote:
On 15.05.2012 21:21, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
But point is, we do need to all collectively adopt an attitude of welcoming and mentoring/guiding.
That might be true. OTOH, even with mentoring, stuff is complicated and hard to get on speed with. You often have to work hard to find something out, improve it, become an expert on. Thats exhausting. Why would you do that? Because you personally want it or because people say "wow - how cool, thanks!". I think that is the main motivator. And I think we don't do that often enough.
Praise is an important management tool, but it has to be sincere, and that is difficult to bring across in email. It also works best coming from a superior. Praise from ones peers is a lot less effective. Nonetheless, you've got a good question here - what is the main motivator for people to take part?
I tell you from my personal experience as the author of Hermes: The number of people saying something positive about Hermes to me is a little of fraction of the number of people ranting nonsense. And - interestingly enough - the less clue people have the more they rant.
And how many people actually did something useful to Hermes for example instead of just talking? You don't want to know... How motivating is that?
Personally speaking, one word of praise easily outweighs any negative ranting. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org