[OSM-talk] stat pr0n

[Martijn van Exel]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:

> Where to start. There's the obvious ones like most active contributor per
> region, first 100 nodes / ways (that persist), one /two/five-year
> contribution anniversary, first dog waste disposal bag dispenser in your
> home town, etc.
> Also: badges tied to project of the week. The "World Mapper" badge for
> mapping on all continents.
>
> One of the many challenges with badges is that you want to encourage
> *quality* mapping, not just quantity. Listen to the 'competition' episode of
>   This Developer's Life podcast[1] to hear what StackOverflow's Jeff Atwood
> has to say on the matter.
>
> I intend to do a talk at SOTM on the topic.
>
> [1] http://thisdeveloperslife.com/post/1-1-3-competition
>

Oh whoops, Jeff Atwood is not actually in that podcast. John Skeet, one of
the top karma guys on SO, is. Jeff is in this Herding Code podcast though,
also on user dynamics in StackOverflow among other topics:
http://herdingcode.com/?p=263

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Martijn van Exel
http://about.me/mvexel
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