It really is a good book :)
And I'm glad to hear that Wes is looking into next steps re: supporting
contributor growth. This kind of fell by the wayside within the
organization, and I think it's a great time to revisit it as an
organizational priority.
Thanks Pine!
Jonathan
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've started to read BSOC and I'm thoroughly
appreciating it. I think that
Wes is looking into notes from the former Growth Team and considering how
to add contributor growth as a measure of succeess for current Product
teams. I'd like to suggest that anyone in Product who is interested in the
subject of contributor growth make at least a brief pass through this book.
Thanks so much for the recommendation, J-mo.
Pine
On Oct 6, 2015 08:29, "Jonathan Morgan" <jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi Pine,
>
> The book *Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence Based Social
> Design*[1] provides a great synthesis of concepts from economics,
> sociology, and cognitive psychology as they apply to the design of projects
> like Wikipedia. In fact, Wikipedia is one of the primary case studies used
> in the book. They have several chapters that focus on motivation
> techniques/tools. The book is easy to skim and apply!
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jonathan
>
> 1.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/building-successful-online-communities
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Some of us plan to have a conversation at the WCONUSA unconference
>> sessions about ENWP culture. Are there any recommended readings that you
>> could suggest as preparation, particularly on the subject of how to
>> reinforce or incentivize desirable user behavior? I think that Jonathan may
>> have done some research on this topic for the Teahouse, and Ocassi may have
>> for done research for TWA. I'm interested in applicable research as
>> preparation both for the unconference discussion and for my planned video
>> series that intends to inform and inspire new editors.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pine
>>
>
>
>
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