Anthere wrote:
Yes, this was a bizarre suggestion. Perhaps the next suggested remedy will require financial donations in reparation, before restoring a long-time user's editing privileges.
Actually, the idea of requiring financial donations shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. A system of micropayments could conceivably function as a deterrent to trolls and vandals.
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia had a system whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots of controversial edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia Foundation 5 cents for every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a cash *incentive* so that people who have earned a reputation for good editing would *earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
This is just a rudimentary sketch of how something like this might be implemented. To make it work, there would have to be a significantly different system of user IDs than currently exists, and someone would have to work out a way of preventing people from gaming the system.
Just a thought.
--Sheldon Rampton
Sheldon Rampton (sheldon@prwatch.org) [041019 00:21]:
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia had a system whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots of controversial edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia Foundation 5 cents for every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a cash *incentive* so that people who have earned a reputation for good editing would *earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
We already have cranks on VFD claiming that they made a donation so we'd better put up their original research OR ELSE.
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
Sheldon Rampton (sheldon@prwatch.org) [041019 00:21]:
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia had a system whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots of controversial edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia Foundation 5 cents for every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a cash *incentive* so that people who have earned a reputation for good editing would *earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
We already have cranks on VFD claiming that they made a donation so we'd better put up their original research OR ELSE.
Money can alter interpersonal dynamics. This is as true on the micro-scale that concerns us directly, as it is on the corporate scale where Sheldom performs due vigilence.
Ec
Oh God let's hope not... Mark
--- David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Sheldon Rampton (sheldon@prwatch.org) [041019 00:21]:
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia
had a system
whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots
of controversial
edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia
Foundation 5 cents for
every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a
cash *incentive*
so that people who have earned a reputation for
good editing would
*earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
We already have cranks on VFD claiming that they made a donation so we'd better put up their original research OR ELSE.
- d.
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Sheldon Rampton a écrit:
Anthere wrote:
Yes, this was a bizarre suggestion. Perhaps the next suggested remedy will require financial donations in reparation, before restoring a long-time user's editing privileges.
Actually, the idea of requiring financial donations shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. A system of micropayments could conceivably function as a deterrent to trolls and vandals.
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia had a system whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots of controversial edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia Foundation 5 cents for every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a cash *incentive* so that people who have earned a reputation for good editing would *earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
This is just a rudimentary sketch of how something like this might be implemented. To make it work, there would have to be a significantly different system of user IDs than currently exists, and someone would have to work out a way of preventing people from gaming the system.
Just a thought.
--Sheldon Rampton
Just for the record, it is not I who wrote what I seemed to be quoted above.
Florence Devouard.
What about a system where a bunch of people get together to troll such a system and vote down someone elses contributions? After all, 'trolling' is entirely subjective. Mark
--- Sheldon Rampton sheldon@prwatch.org wrote:
Anthere wrote:
Yes, this was a bizarre suggestion. Perhaps the
next suggested remedy
will require financial donations in reparation,
before restoring a
long-time user's editing privileges.
Actually, the idea of requiring financial donations shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. A system of micropayments could conceivably function as a deterrent to trolls and vandals.
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia had a system whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots of controversial edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia Foundation 5 cents for every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a cash *incentive* so that people who have earned a reputation for good editing would *earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
This is just a rudimentary sketch of how something like this might be implemented. To make it work, there would have to be a significantly different system of user IDs than currently exists, and someone would have to work out a way of preventing people from gaming the system.
Just a thought.
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Sheldon Rampton wrote:
Anthere wrote:
Yes, this was a bizarre suggestion. Perhaps the next suggested remedy will require financial donations in reparation, before restoring a long-time user's editing privileges.
Actually, the idea of requiring financial donations shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. A system of micropayments could conceivably function as a deterrent to trolls and vandals.
Let's suppose, just hypothetically, that Wikipedia had a system whereby people who engage in trolling or make lots of controversial edits could be required to pay the Wikimedia Foundation 5 cents for every edit they make. (Maybe there could even be a cash *incentive* so that people who have earned a reputation for good editing would *earn* small amounts of money for their edits.)
This is just a rudimentary sketch of how something like this might be implemented. To make it work, there would have to be a significantly different system of user IDs than currently exists, and someone would have to work out a way of preventing people from gaming the system.
Just a thought.
--Sheldon Rampton
Terrible idea. They pay a donation and then think this gives them permission to do what they like on the 'pedia. I cannot agree with this idea.
TBSDY