How to Build Amazing Incentives and Rewards Panel
summary
Claims center on what actually worked: using Discourse trust levels to trigger public recognition, a Slack /ack flow and anonymous kudos to surface contributors, and surprise mailings (buttons, stickers, a $25 Amazon card) as submarine incentives that produce real engagement. Experiments show email follow‑ups to rejected contributions reduce churn, while gamified drives like Oktoberfest produce low‑effort PRs and backfire. The useful tests are measurable: counts of repeat contributors, retention after reward, and whether the prize shifts motivation away from purpose. surprise and delight
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 7:03Thank You Thursday
- 13:45Other methods of distributing incentives
- 20:27Comments
- 22:02Evan Heaven
- 26:08Different Forms of Recognition
- 34:34Badge Fatigue
- 39:05Incentives for Everyone
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