[WikiEN-l] Something on the nature of working for free

[Bod Notbod]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now, the interesting part of the voluntary nature of Wikipedia is that there
> does illogically persist an ideology of status, and "moving up the ladder"
> just like in a professional world.  In a paid environment, the motivation is
> usually power, money, skillsets, and networking.  On Wikipedia, you can take
> out two of those motivating factors, but it's up to you which two you
> choose.

Could change, of course:

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_awards_and_rewards