[Coco] Rainbow Digitization: Competition?

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:38 AM, theother_bob<theother_bob at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: tim lindner <tlindner at macmess.org>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 7:19:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rainbow Digitization: Competition?
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> Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I think both a 4 day leader board and an all time hero list would be
>> more motivating :)
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> I understand. I should have said more motivating for new users. I think
> an all-time leader board is a good idea. I might take that up this
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>> Also, some tasks are much more difficult than others.  Perhaps 1 point
>> for verifying article pages, 2 for boxing ads, 3 for ocr check, etc.
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> I would need more convincing for this to be implemented. :)
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> tim lindner
> tlindner at macmess.org                                              Bright
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> Since they appear to be randomly disributed, I'm sure over time they would be distributed evenly enough to be statistically inconsequential, especially for the highest contributors.
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> Bob.

Aye, but you can simply hit refresh to have a tedious task replaced
with an easier one, so the nice random distribution is destroyed by
the evil nature of man :)
Human nature being what it is, I think using a leader board to
motivate will have the side effect of making easy tasks more desirable
than difficult tasks.  Probably not a big deal considering the
project, but that was why I thought giving more credit for doing more
difficult tasks might be a good idea.