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What incentives would there be for reviewers to stick around and keep participating in the site?

jmonegro 17y ago
Never really thought of it, but what incentive is there for Digg users? For Reddit users? The community helps each other. Because I would be looking to build a close, small, but knowledgeable community like HN, many of the reviewers might end up as pitchers one day.
- Scriptor 17y ago
  Digg, Reddit, etc. provide new content people can read. People don't have to comment. On the other hand, a review site depends entirely on people commenting in some way. Compounding on that is the fact that the only content would come from product launches. Of course, on the plus side you would only need a very small number of reviews to be of value. Any benefits for reviewers would probably be very easy to come up with.
  - jmonegro 17y ago
    How about the more you review, the higher your own pitches appear?
    - Scriptor 17y ago
      That might work, though of course the reviews would have to be constructive and useful. This is where having a small community is a problem, if you use a vote system even a few votes will be enough to game the system.
      - jmonegro 17y ago
        The poster of the pitch decides which comments he likes the best, maybe?
- dschobel 17y ago
  In the case of digg/reddit the payoff is interesting content. It would be a harder sell in this case because looking at commercial sites is usually less interesting especially if the quality is mixed. If you implement a mechanism where the best sites float to the top, well then the sites which need criticism the most (coincidently the least interesting to review) never get it. I think it's a good idea but you really need to think out the incentives more thoroughly instead of just hoping for good-will and communal feelings to keep it going.
icey 17y ago
Personally I think there is incentive just in getting to see what new things people are working on. Bleeding edge is always interesting.
eds 17y ago
Set it up so the participating sites can give away rewards to the people who beta test. Free accounts, discounts, whatever. You could organize all that. Even if only a fraction of reviewed sites do it, you'll have enough people coming through that sites with nothing to give away will get attention too.
- jmonegro 17y ago
  Not a bad idea... let's say they make, for example, 20 coupon codes for the 20 most useful reviews...

Never really thought of it, but what incentive is there for Digg users? For Reddit users? The community helps each other. Because I would be looking to build a close, small, but knowledgeable community like HN, many of the reviewers might end up as pitchers one day.

Scriptor 17y ago
Digg, Reddit, etc. provide new content people can read. People don't have to comment. On the other hand, a review site depends entirely on people commenting in some way. Compounding on that is the fact that the only content would come from product launches. Of course, on the plus side you would only need a very small number of reviews to be of value. Any benefits for reviewers would probably be very easy to come up with.
- jmonegro 17y ago
  How about the more you review, the higher your own pitches appear?
  - Scriptor 17y ago
    That might work, though of course the reviews would have to be constructive and useful. This is where having a small community is a problem, if you use a vote system even a few votes will be enough to game the system.
    - jmonegro 17y ago
      The poster of the pitch decides which comments he likes the best, maybe?
dschobel 17y ago
In the case of digg/reddit the payoff is interesting content. It would be a harder sell in this case because looking at commercial sites is usually less interesting especially if the quality is mixed. If you implement a mechanism where the best sites float to the top, well then the sites which need criticism the most (coincidently the least interesting to review) never get it. I think it's a good idea but you really need to think out the incentives more thoroughly instead of just hoping for good-will and communal feelings to keep it going.

icey 17y ago

Personally I think there is incentive just in getting to see what new things people are working on. Bleeding edge is always interesting.

eds 17y ago

Set it up so the participating sites can give away rewards to the people who beta test. Free accounts, discounts, whatever. You could organize all that. Even if only a fraction of reviewed sites do it, you'll have enough people coming through that sites with nothing to give away will get attention too.

jmonegro 17y ago
Not a bad idea... let's say they make, for example, 20 coupon codes for the 20 most useful reviews...