On 10/21/2015 09:52 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:54:49AM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:36 AM, mray wrote: >>> >>> Here is my general rationale: The idea of Snowdrift is that it >>> has its own pace to up the game of donation levels, depending >>> on number of patrons. Our primary goals as game designers are: >>> a) bring in as many players as we can b) make them stick for as >>> long as they can bare to raise donations >> >> Whoa. This is a significant departure from my design goals >> (within the realm of us all having the same end goal) and is >> certainly why we came to opposite conclusions. Mine *originally* >> were: * Bring in as much funding as we can * Keep that funding as >> sustainable and stable as possible - Best accomplished by a >> large player base. > > I agree with mray's proposed goals. I was waylaid by the current > messaging as well, thinking that funding was the primary purpose of > Snowdrift. It's not. The primary purpose is democracy and > participation, so the primary goal is maximizing patron count and > engagement. Funding is simply one aspect of the bigger challenge of > managing a public good. > > This is just my opinion on the matter and not an official stance — > though I suggest it be so. I think Aaron would agree that we would > rather encourage patrons to sign up others than encourage them to > increase their contributions unilaterally! Let's make that preference > concrete. >
I agree basically: the *mission* is a successful democratic commons, and *funding* is a means to that end. Still, among all sorts of ways we can build that commons, Snowdrift.coop as a practical project *does* aim to address the funding challenge as the primary means by which we achieve the mission, but it is not the end in itself. The goal is to clear the snow, and if we do that by all working on it or by all paying a smaller dedicated team, either way, we need the snow cleared. However, our realistic assessment at this time is that funding is the primary thing to focus on to achieve this. -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss
