31 month ago
cameron : O'Reilly Radar > Rewarding Users for Contributing Data - Monetary or material incentives aren't all that effective, "And once the reward is worth money, you'll get people contributing crap just to get the rewards. Your reward system is now paying people to piss in your data pool."
plasticbag : Nat Torkington on 'Rewarding Users for Contributing Data' - I couldn't agree more with a lot of this - points-based reputation / prestige systems and financial incentives are generally bad ways to reward contributions in social environments.
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philgyford : SR2005000136_Pay_Grades_Salary_Ranges.pdf - Ever thought of applying for a BBC job and wondered how much it paid? Here's your answer, via Freedom of Information (from 2004-5).
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Stop the Presses! How Pay-Per-Click Is Killing the Traditional Publishing Industry - Ad agencies and publications alike knew that many -- even most -- advertising dollars were simply wasted, but it wasn't in their interest to admit that, so they didn't ... Contrast this to pay-per-click, which is brutally honest, where every successful ad
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41 month ago
philgyford : Anil Dash: Pay By The Hour - How to tell if you're not charging enough for your freelance work. I'm bad at this.
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