tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439135070202734584.post6336016031084577501..comments2024-01-14T00:31:29.365-08:00Comments on NetBeans Community Docs Blog: HeroesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439135070202734584.post-58214624641290205642008-10-06T21:00:00.000-07:002008-10-06T21:00:00.000-07:00"There is a hero in each of us"- Spider-Man"There is a hero in each of us"- <A HREF="http://www.spike.com/video/spider-man-2-theres/2642899" REL="nofollow"> Spider-Man</A>Amit Sahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477788355991244475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439135070202734584.post-79254618006967285492008-10-06T18:23:00.000-07:002008-10-06T18:23:00.000-07:00hmm,I think "heros" is probably a bit ov...hmm,<BR/><BR/>I think "heros" is probably a bit over the top. Certainly if I were to mention to someone that I'm a NetBeans Community Docs Hero I'd probably come over as pretentious!<BR/><BR/>I think what you may be striving for is to fit community doc's contributors into the continuum of NBCD user social patterns.<BR/><BR/>If we compare what is going on in NBCD against F. Randal Farmer's categorisation of the Habitat user community of the 1980's, we get something like this:<BR/><BR/>Habitat:<BR/><BR/>passives->actives->motivators->caretakers->Geek Gods<BR/><BR/>NBCD:<BR/>readers->contributors->"heros"->"Dream Team"->NB hackers<BR/><BR/>As with Habitat, the goal is to promote people up the chain. There could be some value in making this chain of evolution explicit rather than implicit.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we could come up with some less pretentious words, but certainly having a badge to wear is a key motivator to contributors.sinewalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435214145820445779noreply@blogger.com