I'd like to get a feeling for "my part" of this funding goal. Is there a way to say something like, "If everyone who posted last week gave us $10, we would meet that goal." Or, "If every comment cost $0.02, we'd hit our goal in 9 days." This helps me understand my role in the fundraising better, and might inspire me to give $50 instead of $5. I can afford both, but what impact does each have? What if I decide to give $25 every time I get badged? Or I give $100 every time I get blocked by kleinbl00? :-) Give me a broad way to measure my participation, and I'll put a value on that participation. Maybe that's $2400 for this month. Who knows? Give me the info and I'll decide.
Interesting ideas. There are definitely some ways we could provide such feedback. Maybe something like: you've made X% of posts and comments and funded Y% of our annual goal? cc insomniasexx
That's too "on the nose"... too specific for me. I don't want to imply there is a cost associated with posting. More of a general measurement of the community - X comments last week, for example - that I can extrapolate to MY perceived usage. "Wow... I posted a LOT last week. I'm gonna give em $10." As opposed to, "it costs them $0.06 every time I post, so I'm not going to post this idea I had." Data analytics are a cool and geeky itch that I assume a lot of us like to scratch. ("Information is Beautiful" anyone?) By publishing some interesting stats like "comments over x period" or "posts during the Obama administration", it makes us feel more like a community, and inspires us to give back to that community. To support the tools we have been using to create this groovy Hubski group of people. (PS - I do marketing for a living. So... yeah.)
thenewgreen -- lets come up with some whacky ones on the call monday. This sounds like so much fun.By publishing some interesting stats like "comments over x period" or "posts during the Obama administration"