Editing Building Successful Online Communities (Fall 2016) (section)

=== October 10: Motivation ===

'''Resources:'''

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/38169846/download?download_frd=1 Week 2 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/38288483/download?download_frd=1 Lecture Slides Part I], [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/38288486/download?download_frd=1 Lecture Slides Part II] (Requires UW Access)

'''Required Reading:'''

* BSOC, Chapter 2, pg 21-70
* Frey, Bruno S. and Reto Jegen. 2001. “[https://www.bsfrey.ch/articles/359_01.pdf Motivation Crowding Theory].” Journal of Economic Surveys 15(5):589–611.

Our first case will just be about Wikipedia. We'll compare three different approaches to socialization in Wikipedia and talk about motivation and incentives.

* [Case] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQR0gx0QBZ4 TED Talk by Jimmy Wales on "How a ragtag band created Wikipedia"] — This may be useful for context.
* [Case] [[:wikipedia:Template:Welcome|Template:Welcome]] — Normally, these are left on user pages. Read just down to where "Template documentation" starts.
* [Case] [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure|The Wikipedia Adventure]] (read the whole page and play the game for half an hour or so)
:The game is a few years old and may have [[:wikipedia:software rot|bit rot]]. If you run into problems, try to ignore or work around them. The point here is to just to get a feel for how the game works and what the designers were thinking.

Our second case will be about Gratipay:

* [Case] The Gratipay website's [https://gratipay.com/about/ About Page], [https://gratipay.com/about/features/ Features], [https://gratipay.com/about/features/payments Payments], [https://gratipay.com/about/features/payroll Payroll] The Gratipay system has changed a little bit over time. Try to understand what you can and we'll work the details out in class. Please click through things to read more pages and get a sense of what's going on. Come ready to discuss details of the system and the thinking of its designers.
* [Case] David Heinemeier Hansson's article on [http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2013/the-perils-of-mixing-open-source-and-money.html "The perils of mixing open source and money"]
* [Case] Chad Whitacre's article on [https://medium.com/inside-gratipay/resentment-2c621dbd7541 "Resentment"]

'''Optional:'''

* Deci, Edward L., and Richard M. Ryan. 1985. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. Plenum Press.
* Enjolras, Bernard. (2002) [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8292.00197 Does the Commercialization of Voluntary Organizations ‘Crowd out’ Voluntary Work?] ''Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics'' 73 (3): 375–98.
* Gneezy, U., and A. Rustichini. (2000) [http://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/fine.pdf A Fine Is a Price]. ''The Journal of Legal Studies'' 29 (1): 1–17.
* [Case] Mike Linksvayer's article on [http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2007/01/02/wikipedia-advertising/ "I support advertising on Wikipedia"]