[ubuntu-art] Solutions

[j_baer]

DoctorMO wrote:
> 
> Hey Art Team,
> 
> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 23:16 +0530, Vishnoo wrote:
>> Trim the list to contributors only, only those that post and
>> > contribute regularly. 
> 
> I would _highly_ advise against trimming a community, so long as the
> silent majority are doing no harm to the work, it's better that they be
> informed and able to jump into giving their 0.1% at the right time, then
> shunned and never able to.
> 
> Don't cut off the long tail.
> 
> The problem with most communities being inactive is that there are not
> the two kinds of projects which motivate people:
> 
>  1) Fun and very passive contribution which comes at random from
> contributors. You can see this sort of project on the dA group where we
> don't instruct or organise art to be made using ubuntu, we just
> passively let people contribute to the galleries which have a simple and
> light framework of rules.
> 
> 2) Structured and focused projects. You'll need time limits, methods of
> contribution which are split up effectively into chunks, you need some
> education and most importantly you'll need about 3 people who will
> contribute the majority of the work. You'll get about 100 people
> contribution 45% in drabs, but they won't do anything without that %55
> from the dedicated few.
> 
> These are just some thoughts based on my own experiences with
> communities.
> 
> Best Regards, Martin Owens
> 
> P.S. We have a testbed ccHost for artworks and media pieces which might
> be worth some attention as a location to upload content.
> http://art.ubuntu-owl.org/ which has been experimented with.
> 
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Martin,

More explanation about the art.ubuntu-owl.org site may be in order. One of
the process breaks IMO we need to fix is just having things show up. That
has not worked well in the past.

Thanks,

John



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