Whenever I need to think about ways to motivate users, I head over Yahoo and their social patterns area. They've got a decent set of user recognition patterns

Whenever I need to think about ways to motivate users, I head over Yahoo and their social patterns area. They've got a decent set of user recognition patterns and, more importantly, descriptions and reasons why to apply them to your site. Check out: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/social/people/reputation/competitive.html http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/social/people/reputatio...