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本帖最后由 Ben2009 于 2012-10-27 13:46 编辑
As many people know, the vast majority of bros read without contributing. For those that do, they are truly the heroes of our online wolf community. For those that don't, it is hard to blame them because it is human nature to act in selfish ways to protect their own interest.
More to the point, many bros want to come here to gather info to aid them in their hunting. However, they don't want to share their own knowledge, because: (A) there is no reward for doing so; and (B) they want to keep the good stuff for themselves, and don't want to cause a line-up which may prevent them from repeating.
In the past I have raised 2 benefits for sharing reviews. First is that it is for the greater good, and in the long-run, everybody (including the reviewer) benefits. Second is that review writing has more immediate benefits in that other wolves will share with you, keepers might treat you better, and so forth.
It seems like these benefits are not convincing enough. So we often find our community at a vicious cycle, where bros who unwilling to share cause other bros who originally had intent to share, to say instead "why the fuck should I share if others won't." In a sense, this is classical Game Theory where players try to maximize their own individual benefit leading to ultimate lose-lose situation for everybody.
So now, I'm suggesting a new format which I hope will help encourage mutually-beneficial behaviour, and discourage free-riders. Right now this is just a tentative idea, which is up to suggestions and modifications from you bros. That is, we should create an "insider's group" for which membership is through invitation of existing members only. The criteria for membership is their output of reviews (AND CREDIBILITY) of that individual. From then on, reviews will be shared privately (restricted access) first (for a set period of time), before being released to the general public. This would give bros more of a sense of fairness, and properly reward those who share by giving them first dibs on MM selection. Of course, bros feeling generous to share with everybody without an initial restricted-access period may still do so at their own choice.
So lets hear you bros' suggestions to this. Would it improve the user experience for everybody? Would bros actually contribute more under this format? Or would review writers still be limited to those few exceptionally generous bros?
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