OpenEuphoria

Re: Micro-Economy

• Posted by Andrew Katz <Akatz712 at gmail.com> Apr 30, 2007
• 587 views

Al Getz wrote:
> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > 
> > I've been thinking of ways of expanding participation
> > in the Micro-Economy system, now that Euphoria is free.
> > 
> > I propose that we allow anyone to vote ($3 per month)
> > providing they meet any of the following criteria:
> > 
> >   1. they are an existing registered user of Euphoria 
> >     (i.e. of version 2.5 or any earlier release, any product)
> > 
> > or,
> > 
> >   2. they have contributed an accepted file to the file archive 
> > 
> > or,
> > 
> >   3. they have posted 10 or more (non-spam) messages on EUforum 
> >      (going back to 1996)
> > 
> > or,
> > 
> >   4. they have ever paid or donated money to RDS, or any other
> >      developer or supporter of Euphoria, for some reason related
> >      to supporting the Euphoria community
> > 
> > Can you think of any other criteria? Any changes to the above?
> > 
> > Obviously it would still be illegal to contribute more
> > than $3 by using multiple identities. Also, you can't vote
> > for your own file, etc. 
> > 
> > Regards,
> >    Rob Craig
> >    Rapid Deployment Software
> >    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Perhaps instead of a micro econ there could be a site where people
> can leave short notes about what they think of the program.
> Currently, the micro econ makes a statement about people who
> use the program and like it but leaves no way open for constructive
> criticism...you cant vote minus $1 (-1 microbuck) if you DONT like
> a program, or that program crashes as soon as you run it.
> Positive feedback is a good thing, but negative feedback is what
> makes control systems work.  If it wasnt for
> that negative feedback systems all over the world would be
> crashing day after day.  If the users have a quick and simple
> way of letting the writers know about a problem the author would
> know rigth away and possibly make changes to correct the problem.
> 
> Also, when the same person votes over and over again for the same
> program that inflates its true impact on the community.  Perhaps
> a limit of one vote per program for the same person.
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> E boa sorte com sua programacao Euphoria!
> 
> 
> My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
> 

I vote for Al's idea. I am both new to Euphoria and I do not understand this
money business. But people critiquing the contributions sounds great. And there
is already something there, but I think these critiques should be in the forum
and an identifier for each contribution is required to be inside the subject in
the forum.

Andy Katz
B.S. Computer Science, 1978
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)