Comments on: Should we provide incentives for engagement with social technology? http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology Picking out patterns in the chaos Tue, 22 May 2012 21:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Gordon Ross http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7762 Gordon Ross Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:33:58 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7762 A bit late to the commenting on this one Suw, but a great investigation about intrinsic/extrinsic motivation and how the model of "do x and you'll get y" might work in the short term but has long term repercussions is covered in Alfie Kohn's work <a href="http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm" rel="nofollow">Punished by Rewards</a>. And Dan Pink gathered further attention on the matter back in September at TED when he spoke about <a href="<a href="http://blog.ted.com/2009/08/the_surprising.php" rel="nofollow">">motivation and the science behind it</a>. A bit late to the commenting on this one Suw, but a great investigation about intrinsic/extrinsic motivation and how the model of “do x and you’ll get y” might work in the short term but has long term repercussions is covered in Alfie Kohn’s work Punished by Rewards. And Dan Pink gathered further attention on the matter back in September at TED when he spoke about <a href=”“>motivation and the science behind it.

]]> By: Carl Morris http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7488 Carl Morris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:47:24 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7488 BTW, you might know this but the example of the day care centres is covered in the book <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics" rel="nofollow">Freakonomics</a> which gives a bit more background detail and data. BTW, you might know this but the example of the day care centres is covered in the book Freakonomics which gives a bit more background detail and data.

]]> By: Suw Charman-Anderson http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7487 Suw Charman-Anderson Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:40:30 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7487 To be honest, I don't entirely believe in pure altruism. I think there's always something driving the behaviour, whether it's just satisfaction at the removal of a stray apostrophe or something else. But I do think that it's helpful to think about the altruistic components of behaviour as if altruism existed, otherwise we drown out important points with talk of self-interest. To be honest, I don’t entirely believe in pure altruism. I think there’s always something driving the behaviour, whether it’s just satisfaction at the removal of a stray apostrophe or something else. But I do think that it’s helpful to think about the altruistic components of behaviour as if altruism existed, otherwise we drown out important points with talk of self-interest.

]]> By: Carl Morris http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7486 Carl Morris Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:28:30 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2009/10/01/should-we-provide-incentives-for-engagement-with-social-technology#comment-7486 Well put. Re: people who tidy up wikis Altruism is a component. But maybe another component is that they are fastidious or even slightly compulsive? It could be the same motivation which compels someone to rub out the chalk of a rogue apostrophe when walking past the grocery, say. Or makes somebody feel unable to relax in my living room because a picture frame is askew. Either way, hooray for those people! Well put.

Re: people who tidy up wikis

Altruism is a component. But maybe another component is that they are fastidious or even slightly compulsive?

It could be the same motivation which compels someone to rub out the chalk of a rogue apostrophe when walking past the grocery, say. Or makes somebody feel unable to relax in my living room because a picture frame is askew.

Either way, hooray for those people!

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