On 10/21/2015 09:59 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > > 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. >
Sorry everyone for so many emails. Lets try to keep this on IRC and consolidate where possible. But so it is referenced in context, I should have linked to the official mission: https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/mission -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss
