Re:The Hacker's Guide to Investors
by chmike on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @03:19AM
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I don't see any reason why karma couldn't be turned into money. Karma indirectly determines the value a user add to a web site. If the site generates money, karma could be used as reference value to estimate an amount of revenue share they could get back.
This is already how it works in open source even if there isn't an explicit karma value. If good developpers and contributors are detected they may get an offer for a payed mission on the project or even better a permanent job.
PG said for instance that a good karma could catch their attention. Some sort of benefit to getting a good karma.
It is preferable that karma benefit are not made public and taken for granted otherwise the system could be perverted.
This is already how it works in open source even if there isn't an explicit karma value. If good developpers and contributors are detected they may get an offer for a payed mission on the project or even better a permanent job.
PG said for instance that a good karma could catch their attention. Some sort of benefit to getting a good karma.
It is preferable that karma benefit are not made public and taken for granted otherwise the system could be perverted.