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Re:Codecademy Becomes A Platform: Now Anyone Can Write Progr... by itmag on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @05:19AM (#3532620)
What would be a good way to have crowdsourced content that pays its creators a fair share?

Honest question; I am looking for insight in this area.

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Re:Codecademy Becomes A Platform: Now Anyone Can Write Progr... by mw63214 on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @08:52AM (#3533192)
Payment could be tied to a semi-annual or quarterly code contest where students compete in different "events". This could all be live-code-streamed. Judges are a collection of ______ (fill in the blank). The better the students in a particular course do, the more money that course creator gets. Funds for this prize could even be kickstarted, or funded by non-profits in the free-education domain, or through other means (prizes could even be free services from relevant start-ups?).

Just an idea for a jumping-off point.

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Re:Codecademy Becomes A Platform: Now Anyone Can Write Progr... by VikingCoder on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @08:58AM (#3533208)
...allow people to add a flatr button to their content?

Just one thought.

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