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Saved by 5 people (3 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-06-16
- Jetjasper on 2008-06-10 - Tags techwriting
- Daniel031 on 2007-10-01 - Tags collaboration , community , reference , sharing , documentation , usergenerated
- Skier65 on 2007-08-03 - Tags knowledge2.0 , web2.0
- Senzafine3 on 2007-06-16 - Tags no_tag
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Their contributions may go on sites that are advertising-supported, but they rarely share in the revenue
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gift economy
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I'll use the data in the documentation survey to examine this economic question, to prepare us for the day the experts release a paper proving that the information being given out on the Internet is worth more than the value returned
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job signaling
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If I praise you for firmly reprimanding a child, but you've decided you came down too harshly and only made matters worse, my praise doesn't benefit you
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Each contribution you make reinforces a culture of mutual aid that produces eventual benefits for you
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some people re-evaluate their expectations of human behavior to the point of declaring free software communities to be more refined than other software developers and users in their motivations,
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Free software development introduces new modes of operation into the computer field, but we need to do a lot more investigation before concluding that the developers and users think, feel, or interact differently from their peers in the proprietary space
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Some people record the lessons they've learned from exploring and
troubleshooting online, so they can be sure to find them later. In other words,
some people have to relearn what they learned before. Putting it online allows
other people to correct, update, and add depth to what they've learned.
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