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.p...@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" <jmor...@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.p...@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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan T. Morgan >> Senior Design Researcher >> Wikimedia Foundation >> User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> >> >> -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)>
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