Find people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner.
Do your best to make tasks as clear a spossible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people’s skills to their limits.
+Do your best to make tasks as clear as possible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people’s skills to their limits.
Any rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should not be consistent but rather impromptu.
+Any rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should be impromptu.
Community Structure
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@Create chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll Slack channels.
Always communicate the benefits of contribution, it will impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contirbute.
+Always communicate the benefits of contribution, it will positively impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contribute.
Culture
@@ -336,14 +336,8 @@Adding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.
Small tangible rewards are likely to reduce contributions for intrinsically interesting tasks; larger rewards are likely to
-When a community is small and growing quickly, displaying percentage growth creates a more favorable signal of growth than display absolute numbers.
-Conversation
+Conversation
-
Going off-topic is okay! If you have something you share that you think aligns with the general interests of the community, share it! Just make sure you do so in #status Slack channel.
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 1630f3f..d5d0c1f 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Want to learn more about it? Start by reading our Community Development Guide +Metcalfe's law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system - without community Status is meaningless. We're looking to create a positive, fun environment to explore new ideas, experiment and grow the Status community. Building a community takes a lot of work, but the people you'll meet and long lasting relationships you'll form makes it all worthwhile. Check out our guide on how to grow our Community -
Specification / Documentation
diff --git a/mkdocs/search_index.json b/mkdocs/search_index.json index 8182fcd..85dce7e 100644 --- a/mkdocs/search_index.json +++ b/mkdocs/search_index.json @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "docs": [ { "location": "/", - "text": "Status - a Mobile Ethereum OS\n\n\nStatus is a free (libre) and open source mobile client targeting Android \n iOS built, entirely on \nEthereum\n technologies.\n\n\nThanks to the new protocols Ethereum has introduced, there's a whole new ecosystem of applications being developed that are completely decentralised (also known as DApps), and Status aims to provide a user interface to access them. These decentralized applications remove the need for middlemen and centralised servers, providing a clear path forward towards an internet where users get to own their own data, and an economy built on permissionless, open protocols.\n\n\nIt is our belief that messengers are evolving into a new type of OS, and are becoming gateways to our economies and social lives. Status uses messaging as a platform, and by combining both a messenger and a browser we are building a gateway for everyday smartphone users to begin using DApps, and a simple way for DApp developers to reach new users.\n\n\nStatus runs \ngo-ethereum\n directly from your mobile device, providing a mobile Ethereum node in your pocket!\n\n\nWe've love for you to join our community, and be a part of this exciting journey.\n\n\n\n\nWhy?\n\n\nWe believe in a medium of pure free trade, economies with fair, permissionless access and a world without intermediaries. We want to create policies that can exist between friends or scale globally, and the ability to communicate securely without being inhibited by legacy systems. \n\n\nWe want to take control of our digital lives, and take responsibility for our own data, the way we conduct ourselves privately and promote this way of life to a mass audience.\n\n\nWe want deep insights into our own economies so we can make informed, data-driven decisions on how to make our lives better. The Ethereum blockchain, Smart Contracts, Swarm and Whisper provides us with a clear path forward. \n\n\nIf this interests you, \nhelp us make Status a reality\n - anyone can contribute and we need everyone at any skill level to participate.\n\n\nHow to Contribute?\n\n\nNavigate to the Contributing menu item above, \njoin our Community Slack\n, or choose what interests you:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeveloper\n\nDevelopers are the heart of software and to keep Status beating we need all the help we can get. If you're looking to code in ClojureScript or Golang then Status is the project for you! We use React Native and there is even some Java/Objective-C too!\n\nWant to learn more about it? Start by reading our \nDeveloper Introduction\n which guides you through the technology stack and and start browsing \nbeginner issues\n. Then you can read how to \nBuild Status\n, which talks about managing project dependencies, coding guidelines and testing procedures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Management\n\nMetcalfe's law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system - without community Status is meaningless. We're looking to create a positive, fun environment to explore new ideas, experiment and grow the Status community. Building a community takes a lot of work, but the people you'll meet and long lasting relationships you'll form makes it all worthwhile. Check out our \nCommunity Development Guide\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecification / Documentation\n\nJohn Dewey once said \"Education is not preparation for life; education is life \nitself\n \". Developers \n Designers need guidance and it all starts from documentation and specifications. Our software is only as good as its documentation, head over to our \nwiki\n and see how you can improve what we have.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlog Writing\n\nContent is King; keeping \nour blog\n up to date and informing the community of news helps keep everyone on the same page. We're looking for contributions via guest posts, interviews, progress reports, and are completely open to other ideas. \nJump on our Slack\n and discuss with Carl how you can contribute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutreach / Marketing\n\nIn this day and age attention is limited, we need all the help we can get to find people who are interested in Status, whether that be through paid user acquisition, public relations or community otherreach, check out our \nOutreach' Guide\n to see how you can spread the word and grow our community.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTesters\n\nIt's bug hunting season! Status is currently in Alpha and there are sure to be a bunch of education, \ngrab your fresh copy of Status\n and shake your phone to submit bug reports, or start browsing our \nGithub Issues\n. Every bug you find brings Status closer to stable, usable software for everyone to enjoy!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSecurity\n\nStatus is a visual interface to make permanent changes on the Blockchain, it handles crypto-tokens that have real value and allows 3rd party code execution. Security is paramount to its success. You are given permission to break Status as hard as you can, as long as you share your findings with the community!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDesign \n User Experience\n\nIt's all about that sex appeal, we want cryptocurrencies to be easy and fun to use, ugly software doesn't help adoption. \nCheck out our designs\n and show us how to make them better!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranslations\n\nOur goal is to make Status available to everyone. We current support ~30 languages within the app, but if you see something weird in the translations or would like to help us add a new translations, \nread our Translation Guide\n. Our website is currently only available in English, and if you'd like to help us make this multi-lingual it's be greatly appreciated, please ask us about it \non Slack\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvangelism\n\nHelp us spread the word! Tell a friend \nright now\n, infact tell \neveryone\n - yell from a mountain if you have to, every person counts!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive me Binaries!\n\n\nCurrently the fastest way to get your hands on a binary is to join our Early Access by submitting your email on our \nHome Page\n, or by \nbuilding it yourself\n. We'll be continually rolling out new invites for early supporters of the project, before a public-release once Status is in a more stable state.\n\n\n// TODO GPlay, TestFlight Instructions \n FDroid\n\n\nCore Contributors\n\n\n// TODO mugshots\n\n\n\n\nJarrad (\n@jarradh\n) - Cofounder and Thought Leader. \n\n\nCarl (\n@carlbennetts\n) - Cofounder and Communications \n Marketing. \n\n\nRoman (\n@rasom\n) - Clojure and project lead. \n\n\nAlexander (\n@alwx\n) - Clojure ninja! \n\n\nVictor (\n@farazdagi\n) - Golang one-man-army. \n\n\nAndrei (\n@andmironov\n) - Visual design and user experience conjurer. \n\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to \n@adrian-tiberius\n.\nWithout the dedication of these fine gentleman, Status would not exist.\n\n\nContact us\n\n\nFeel free to email us at \nsupport@status.im\n or better yet, \njoin our Slack\n. \n\n\nGot a feature request or suggestion, download Status and shake your phone, failing that search our \nGithub Issues\n.\n\n\nLicense\n\n\nLicensed under the \nMozilla Public License v2.0", + "text": "Status - a Mobile Ethereum OS\n\n\nStatus is a free (libre) and open source mobile client targeting Android \n iOS built, entirely on \nEthereum\n technologies.\n\n\nThanks to the new protocols Ethereum has introduced, there's a whole new ecosystem of applications being developed that are completely decentralised (also known as DApps), and Status aims to provide a user interface to access them. These decentralized applications remove the need for middlemen and centralised servers, providing a clear path forward towards an internet where users get to own their own data, and an economy built on permissionless, open protocols.\n\n\nIt is our belief that messengers are evolving into a new type of OS, and are becoming gateways to our economies and social lives. Status uses messaging as a platform, and by combining both a messenger and a browser we are building a gateway for everyday smartphone users to begin using DApps, and a simple way for DApp developers to reach new users.\n\n\nStatus runs \ngo-ethereum\n directly from your mobile device, providing a mobile Ethereum node in your pocket!\n\n\nWe've love for you to join our community, and be a part of this exciting journey.\n\n\n\n\nWhy?\n\n\nWe believe in a medium of pure free trade, economies with fair, permissionless access and a world without intermediaries. We want to create policies that can exist between friends or scale globally, and the ability to communicate securely without being inhibited by legacy systems. \n\n\nWe want to take control of our digital lives, and take responsibility for our own data, the way we conduct ourselves privately and promote this way of life to a mass audience.\n\n\nWe want deep insights into our own economies so we can make informed, data-driven decisions on how to make our lives better. The Ethereum blockchain, Smart Contracts, Swarm and Whisper provides us with a clear path forward. \n\n\nIf this interests you, \nhelp us make Status a reality\n - anyone can contribute and we need everyone at any skill level to participate.\n\n\nHow to Contribute?\n\n\nNavigate to the Contributing menu item above, \njoin our Community Slack\n, or choose what interests you:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeveloper\n\nDevelopers are the heart of software and to keep Status beating we need all the help we can get. If you're looking to code in ClojureScript or Golang then Status is the project for you! We use React Native and there is even some Java/Objective-C too!\n\nWant to learn more about it? Start by reading our \nDeveloper Introduction\n which guides you through the technology stack and and start browsing \nbeginner issues\n. Then you can read how to \nBuild Status\n, which talks about managing project dependencies, coding guidelines and testing procedures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Management\n\nMetcalfe's law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system - without community Status is meaningless. We're looking to create a positive, fun environment to explore new ideas, experiment and grow the Status community. Building a community takes a lot of work, but the people you'll meet and long lasting relationships you'll form makes it all worthwhile. Check out our guide on \nhow to grow our Community\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecification / Documentation\n\nJohn Dewey once said \"Education is not preparation for life; education is life \nitself\n \". Developers \n Designers need guidance and it all starts from documentation and specifications. Our software is only as good as its documentation, head over to our \nwiki\n and see how you can improve what we have.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlog Writing\n\nContent is King; keeping \nour blog\n up to date and informing the community of news helps keep everyone on the same page. We're looking for contributions via guest posts, interviews, progress reports, and are completely open to other ideas. \nJump on our Slack\n and discuss with Carl how you can contribute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutreach / Marketing\n\nIn this day and age attention is limited, we need all the help we can get to find people who are interested in Status, whether that be through paid user acquisition, public relations or community otherreach, check out our \nOutreach' Guide\n to see how you can spread the word and grow our community.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTesters\n\nIt's bug hunting season! Status is currently in Alpha and there are sure to be a bunch of education, \ngrab your fresh copy of Status\n and shake your phone to submit bug reports, or start browsing our \nGithub Issues\n. Every bug you find brings Status closer to stable, usable software for everyone to enjoy!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSecurity\n\nStatus is a visual interface to make permanent changes on the Blockchain, it handles crypto-tokens that have real value and allows 3rd party code execution. Security is paramount to its success. You are given permission to break Status as hard as you can, as long as you share your findings with the community!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDesign \n User Experience\n\nIt's all about that sex appeal, we want cryptocurrencies to be easy and fun to use, ugly software doesn't help adoption. \nCheck out our designs\n and show us how to make them better!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranslations\n\nOur goal is to make Status available to everyone. We current support ~30 languages within the app, but if you see something weird in the translations or would like to help us add a new translations, \nread our Translation Guide\n. Our website is currently only available in English, and if you'd like to help us make this multi-lingual it's be greatly appreciated, please ask us about it \non Slack\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvangelism\n\nHelp us spread the word! Tell a friend \nright now\n, infact tell \neveryone\n - yell from a mountain if you have to, every person counts!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive me Binaries!\n\n\nCurrently the fastest way to get your hands on a binary is to join our Early Access by submitting your email on our \nHome Page\n, or by \nbuilding it yourself\n. We'll be continually rolling out new invites for early supporters of the project, before a public-release once Status is in a more stable state.\n\n\n// TODO GPlay, TestFlight Instructions \n FDroid\n\n\nCore Contributors\n\n\n// TODO mugshots\n\n\n\n\nJarrad (\n@jarradh\n) - Cofounder and Thought Leader. \n\n\nCarl (\n@carlbennetts\n) - Cofounder and Communications \n Marketing. \n\n\nRoman (\n@rasom\n) - Clojure and project lead. \n\n\nAlexander (\n@alwx\n) - Clojure ninja! \n\n\nVictor (\n@farazdagi\n) - Golang one-man-army. \n\n\nAndrei (\n@andmironov\n) - Visual design and user experience conjurer. \n\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to \n@adrian-tiberius\n.\nWithout the dedication of these fine gentleman, Status would not exist.\n\n\nContact us\n\n\nFeel free to email us at \nsupport@status.im\n or better yet, \njoin our Slack\n. \n\n\nGot a feature request or suggestion, download Status and shake your phone, failing that search our \nGithub Issues\n.\n\n\nLicense\n\n\nLicensed under the \nMozilla Public License v2.0", "title": "Welcome" }, { @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ }, { "location": "/#how-to-contribute", - "text": "Navigate to the Contributing menu item above, join our Community Slack , or choose what interests you: Developer \nDevelopers are the heart of software and to keep Status beating we need all the help we can get. If you're looking to code in ClojureScript or Golang then Status is the project for you! We use React Native and there is even some Java/Objective-C too! \nWant to learn more about it? Start by reading our Developer Introduction which guides you through the technology stack and and start browsing beginner issues . Then you can read how to Build Status , which talks about managing project dependencies, coding guidelines and testing procedures. Community Management \nMetcalfe's law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system - without community Status is meaningless. We're looking to create a positive, fun environment to explore new ideas, experiment and grow the Status community. Building a community takes a lot of work, but the people you'll meet and long lasting relationships you'll form makes it all worthwhile. Check out our Community Development Guide Specification / Documentation \nJohn Dewey once said \"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself \". Developers Designers need guidance and it all starts from documentation and specifications. Our software is only as good as its documentation, head over to our wiki and see how you can improve what we have. Blog Writing \nContent is King; keeping our blog up to date and informing the community of news helps keep everyone on the same page. We're looking for contributions via guest posts, interviews, progress reports, and are completely open to other ideas. Jump on our Slack and discuss with Carl how you can contribute. Outreach / Marketing \nIn this day and age attention is limited, we need all the help we can get to find people who are interested in Status, whether that be through paid user acquisition, public relations or community otherreach, check out our Outreach' Guide to see how you can spread the word and grow our community. Testers \nIt's bug hunting season! Status is currently in Alpha and there are sure to be a bunch of education, grab your fresh copy of Status and shake your phone to submit bug reports, or start browsing our Github Issues . Every bug you find brings Status closer to stable, usable software for everyone to enjoy! Security \nStatus is a visual interface to make permanent changes on the Blockchain, it handles crypto-tokens that have real value and allows 3rd party code execution. Security is paramount to its success. You are given permission to break Status as hard as you can, as long as you share your findings with the community! Design User Experience \nIt's all about that sex appeal, we want cryptocurrencies to be easy and fun to use, ugly software doesn't help adoption. Check out our designs and show us how to make them better! Translations \nOur goal is to make Status available to everyone. We current support ~30 languages within the app, but if you see something weird in the translations or would like to help us add a new translations, read our Translation Guide . Our website is currently only available in English, and if you'd like to help us make this multi-lingual it's be greatly appreciated, please ask us about it on Slack . Evangelism \nHelp us spread the word! Tell a friend right now , infact tell everyone - yell from a mountain if you have to, every person counts!", + "text": "Navigate to the Contributing menu item above, join our Community Slack , or choose what interests you: Developer \nDevelopers are the heart of software and to keep Status beating we need all the help we can get. If you're looking to code in ClojureScript or Golang then Status is the project for you! We use React Native and there is even some Java/Objective-C too! \nWant to learn more about it? Start by reading our Developer Introduction which guides you through the technology stack and and start browsing beginner issues . Then you can read how to Build Status , which talks about managing project dependencies, coding guidelines and testing procedures. Community Management \nMetcalfe's law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system - without community Status is meaningless. We're looking to create a positive, fun environment to explore new ideas, experiment and grow the Status community. Building a community takes a lot of work, but the people you'll meet and long lasting relationships you'll form makes it all worthwhile. Check out our guide on how to grow our Community Specification / Documentation \nJohn Dewey once said \"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself \". Developers Designers need guidance and it all starts from documentation and specifications. Our software is only as good as its documentation, head over to our wiki and see how you can improve what we have. Blog Writing \nContent is King; keeping our blog up to date and informing the community of news helps keep everyone on the same page. We're looking for contributions via guest posts, interviews, progress reports, and are completely open to other ideas. Jump on our Slack and discuss with Carl how you can contribute. Outreach / Marketing \nIn this day and age attention is limited, we need all the help we can get to find people who are interested in Status, whether that be through paid user acquisition, public relations or community otherreach, check out our Outreach' Guide to see how you can spread the word and grow our community. Testers \nIt's bug hunting season! Status is currently in Alpha and there are sure to be a bunch of education, grab your fresh copy of Status and shake your phone to submit bug reports, or start browsing our Github Issues . Every bug you find brings Status closer to stable, usable software for everyone to enjoy! Security \nStatus is a visual interface to make permanent changes on the Blockchain, it handles crypto-tokens that have real value and allows 3rd party code execution. Security is paramount to its success. You are given permission to break Status as hard as you can, as long as you share your findings with the community! Design User Experience \nIt's all about that sex appeal, we want cryptocurrencies to be easy and fun to use, ugly software doesn't help adoption. Check out our designs and show us how to make them better! Translations \nOur goal is to make Status available to everyone. We current support ~30 languages within the app, but if you see something weird in the translations or would like to help us add a new translations, read our Translation Guide . Our website is currently only available in English, and if you'd like to help us make this multi-lingual it's be greatly appreciated, please ask us about it on Slack . Evangelism \nHelp us spread the word! Tell a friend right now , infact tell everyone - yell from a mountain if you have to, every person counts!", "title": "How to Contribute?" }, { @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/", - "text": "Grow our Community\n\n\nThis is a list of practical tips and suggestions on how you can help to grow and strengthen our community. Also please read first our \nMission and Core Values\n and ensure you follow our \nCode of Conduct\n, as these are closely aligned.\n\n\nGratitude \n Reciprocity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart by acknowledging each other, each new member and contributions. Whether that's welcoming people to the community or thanking them for their contributions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink of ways you can encourage people to commit to contributing to the community on a long term basis. In doing so we can raise everyones willingness to keep this project alive. Whether that's taking an interest in someone, highlighting a task they might find interesting or even reminding them how we appreciate their accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive constructive feedback on peoples performance, and if they like competition - encourage friendly competition with others.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind other ways to reward contributors, either through your own words, actions or material.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHighlighting Needs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo your best to make tasks as clear a spossible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAny rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should not be consistent but rather impromptu.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Structure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll \nSlack\n channels.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways communicate the benefits of contribution, it will impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contirbute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCulture\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRetain a similar culture to that of Ethereum, approach libertarian ideals with a level of pragmaticism, recognise there is a place in the world for private Blockchains but always keep the focus on the \nEthereum Public Blockchain\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur community is a place to find friends, we're all human and we should treat each other as such.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake an effort to become familiar with anyone contributing in the project, get to know them over a period of time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you've contributed, encourage other people to contribute too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecognise development takes as long as it has to, even still, encourage clear goals to align with soft \"deadlines\" to help encourage contribution.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive more frequent feedback on tasks \n contirbutions that have a goal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNever be silent about positive feedback, constructive feedback comes more naturally. IF things are going well, let people know! This will enhance peoples motivation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf a group gets too large, think of ways it can be split into smaller groups.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemember, we're all unique and good at different things in different ways.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople will be more willing to contribute in an online community if they see that others are contributing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppearance\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTry to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActively highlight and communicate your mistakes \nand\n accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSmall tangible rewards are likely to reduce contributions for intrinsically interesting tasks; larger rewards are likely to \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen a community is small and growing quickly, displaying percentage growth creates a more favorable signal of growth than display absolute numbers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoing off-topic is okay! If you have something you share that you think aligns with the general interests of the community, share it! Just make sure you do so in #status \nSlack\n channel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you like, show your face! Having a profile picture allows other people to recognise you, which comes in handy when developing friendships or finding each other in meatspace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any work that involves Status, whether it's a blog post, a contribution, someone talking about Status in another chat - let everyone know!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe should show different metrics to different people on how we're growing, both in absolute numbers and as percentages!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLook at ways other successful communities are working, see if we can find similarities or ways we can be better and talk about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any publicity and endorsements on Status, let people know!", + "text": "Grow our Community\n\n\nThis is a list of practical tips and suggestions on how you can help to grow and strengthen our community. Also please read first our \nMission and Core Values\n and ensure you follow our \nCode of Conduct\n, as these are closely aligned.\n\n\nGratitude \n Reciprocity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart by acknowledging each other, each new member and contributions. Whether that's welcoming people to the community or thanking them for their contributions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink of ways you can encourage people to commit to contributing to the community on a long term basis. In doing so we can raise everyones willingness to keep this project alive. Whether that's taking an interest in someone, highlighting a task they might find interesting or even reminding them how we appreciate their accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive constructive feedback on peoples performance, and if they like competition - encourage friendly competition with others.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind other ways to reward contributors, either through your own words, actions or material.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHighlighting Needs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo your best to make tasks as clear as possible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAny rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should be impromptu.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Structure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll \nSlack\n channels.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways communicate the benefits of contribution, it will positively impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contribute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCulture\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRetain a similar culture to that of Ethereum, approach libertarian ideals with a level of pragmaticism, recognise there is a place in the world for private Blockchains but always keep the focus on the \nEthereum Public Blockchain\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur community is a place to find friends, we're all human and we should treat each other as such.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake an effort to become familiar with anyone contributing in the project, get to know them over a period of time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you've contributed, encourage other people to contribute too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecognise development takes as long as it has to, even still, encourage clear goals to align with soft \"deadlines\" to help encourage contribution.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive more frequent feedback on tasks \n contirbutions that have a goal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNever be silent about positive feedback, constructive feedback comes more naturally. IF things are going well, let people know! This will enhance peoples motivation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf a group gets too large, think of ways it can be split into smaller groups.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemember, we're all unique and good at different things in different ways.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople will be more willing to contribute in an online community if they see that others are contributing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppearance\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTry to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActively highlight and communicate your mistakes \nand\n accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoing off-topic is okay! If you have something you share that you think aligns with the general interests of the community, share it! Just make sure you do so in #status \nSlack\n channel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you like, show your face! Having a profile picture allows other people to recognise you, which comes in handy when developing friendships or finding each other in meatspace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any work that involves Status, whether it's a blog post, a contribution, someone talking about Status in another chat - let everyone know!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe should show different metrics to different people on how we're growing, both in absolute numbers and as percentages!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLook at ways other successful communities are working, see if we can find similarities or ways we can be better and talk about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any publicity and endorsements on Status, let people know!", "title": "Grow our Community" }, { @@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/#highlighting-needs", - "text": "Think on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions. Simple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those. If you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy. If you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks. Find people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner. Do your best to make tasks as clear a spossible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits. Any rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should not be consistent but rather impromptu.", + "text": "Think on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions. Simple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those. If you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy. If you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks. Find people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner. Do your best to make tasks as clear as possible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits. Any rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should be impromptu.", "title": "Highlighting Needs" }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/#community-structure", - "text": "See how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas! Create chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll Slack channels. Always communicate the benefits of contribution, it will impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contirbute.", + "text": "See how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas! Create chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll Slack channels. Always communicate the benefits of contribution, it will positively impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contribute.", "title": "Community Structure" }, { @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/#appearance", - "text": "Try to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive. Actively highlight and communicate your mistakes and accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments. Adding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations. Small tangible rewards are likely to reduce contributions for intrinsically interesting tasks; larger rewards are likely to When a community is small and growing quickly, displaying percentage growth creates a more favorable signal of growth than display absolute numbers.", + "text": "Try to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive. Actively highlight and communicate your mistakes and accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments. Adding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.", "title": "Appearance" }, { @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/", - "text": "Grow our Community\n\n\nThis is a list of practical tips and suggestions on how you can help to grow and strengthen our community. Also please read first our \nMission and Core Values\n and ensure you follow our \nCode of Conduct\n, as these are closely aligned.\n\n\nGratitude \n Reciprocity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart by acknowledging each other, each new member and contributions. Whether that's welcoming people to the community or thanking them for their contributions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink of ways you can encourage people to commit to contributing to the community on a long term basis. In doing so we can raise everyones willingness to keep this project alive. Whether that's taking an interest in someone, highlighting a task they might find interesting or even reminding them how we appreciate their accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive constructive feedback on peoples performance, and if they like competition - encourage friendly competition with others.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind other ways to reward contributors, either through your own words, actions or material.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHighlighting Needs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo your best to make tasks as clear a spossible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAny rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should not be consistent but rather impromptu.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Structure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll \nSlack\n channels.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways communicate the benefits of contribution, it will impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contirbute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCulture\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRetain a similar culture to that of Ethereum, approach libertarian ideals with a level of pragmaticism, recognise there is a place in the world for private Blockchains but always keep the focus on the \nEthereum Public Blockchain\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur community is a place to find friends, we're all human and we should treat each other as such.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake an effort to become familiar with anyone contributing in the project, get to know them over a period of time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you've contributed, encourage other people to contribute too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecognise development takes as long as it has to, even still, encourage clear goals to align with soft \"deadlines\" to help encourage contribution.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive more frequent feedback on tasks \n contirbutions that have a goal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNever be silent about positive feedback, constructive feedback comes more naturally. IF things are going well, let people know! This will enhance peoples motivation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf a group gets too large, think of ways it can be split into smaller groups.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemember, we're all unique and good at different things in different ways.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople will be more willing to contribute in an online community if they see that others are contributing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppearance\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTry to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActively highlight and communicate your mistakes \nand\n accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSmall tangible rewards are likely to reduce contributions for intrinsically interesting tasks; larger rewards are likely to \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen a community is small and growing quickly, displaying percentage growth creates a more favorable signal of growth than display absolute numbers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoing off-topic is okay! If you have something you share that you think aligns with the general interests of the community, share it! Just make sure you do so in #status \nSlack\n channel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you like, show your face! Having a profile picture allows other people to recognise you, which comes in handy when developing friendships or finding each other in meatspace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any work that involves Status, whether it's a blog post, a contribution, someone talking about Status in another chat - let everyone know!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe should show different metrics to different people on how we're growing, both in absolute numbers and as percentages!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLook at ways other successful communities are working, see if we can find similarities or ways we can be better and talk about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any publicity and endorsements on Status, let people know!", + "text": "Grow our Community\n\n\nThis is a list of practical tips and suggestions on how you can help to grow and strengthen our community. Also please read first our \nMission and Core Values\n and ensure you follow our \nCode of Conduct\n, as these are closely aligned.\n\n\nGratitude \n Reciprocity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart by acknowledging each other, each new member and contributions. Whether that's welcoming people to the community or thanking them for their contributions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink of ways you can encourage people to commit to contributing to the community on a long term basis. In doing so we can raise everyones willingness to keep this project alive. Whether that's taking an interest in someone, highlighting a task they might find interesting or even reminding them how we appreciate their accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive constructive feedback on peoples performance, and if they like competition - encourage friendly competition with others.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind other ways to reward contributors, either through your own words, actions or material.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHighlighting Needs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo your best to make tasks as clear as possible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAny rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should be impromptu.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Structure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll \nSlack\n channels.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways communicate the benefits of contribution, it will positively impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contribute.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCulture\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRetain a similar culture to that of Ethereum, approach libertarian ideals with a level of pragmaticism, recognise there is a place in the world for private Blockchains but always keep the focus on the \nEthereum Public Blockchain\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur community is a place to find friends, we're all human and we should treat each other as such.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake an effort to become familiar with anyone contributing in the project, get to know them over a period of time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you've contributed, encourage other people to contribute too!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecognise development takes as long as it has to, even still, encourage clear goals to align with soft \"deadlines\" to help encourage contribution.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive more frequent feedback on tasks \n contirbutions that have a goal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNever be silent about positive feedback, constructive feedback comes more naturally. IF things are going well, let people know! This will enhance peoples motivation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf a group gets too large, think of ways it can be split into smaller groups.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemember, we're all unique and good at different things in different ways.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople will be more willing to contribute in an online community if they see that others are contributing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppearance\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTry to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActively highlight and communicate your mistakes \nand\n accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGoing off-topic is okay! If you have something you share that you think aligns with the general interests of the community, share it! Just make sure you do so in #status \nSlack\n channel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you like, show your face! Having a profile picture allows other people to recognise you, which comes in handy when developing friendships or finding each other in meatspace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any work that involves Status, whether it's a blog post, a contribution, someone talking about Status in another chat - let everyone know!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe should show different metrics to different people on how we're growing, both in absolute numbers and as percentages!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLook at ways other successful communities are working, see if we can find similarities or ways we can be better and talk about it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you see any publicity and endorsements on Status, let people know!", "title": "Grow our Community" }, { @@ -642,12 +642,12 @@ }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/#highlighting-needs", - "text": "Think on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions. Simple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those. If you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy. If you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks. Find people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner. Do your best to make tasks as clear a spossible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits. Any rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should not be consistent but rather impromptu.", + "text": "Think on how we can make the list of needed contributions more easily visible. The better we do this the more accessible tasks become to people in our community who can provide solutions. Simple requests will work better for individual people, long complex ones will require a handful of people to do, encourage and help create bands of people to accomplish those. If you know someone who would be great for a task, let them know! Don't pressure them if they are too busy. If you are prominant in the community it is your duty to more frequently ask people if they are available for tasks. Find people specific and highly challenging goals that suits them. Make them accountable in a friendly, non-pushy manner. Do your best to make tasks as clear as possible, work to create clear goals, give clear feedback, and challenges that exercise people\u2019s skills to their limits. Any rewards should not be based on tasks but rather on consistent performance. Rewards should be impromptu.", "title": "Highlighting Needs" }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/#community-structure", - "text": "See how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas! Create chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll Slack channels. Always communicate the benefits of contribution, it will impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contirbute.", + "text": "See how we can improve our tools for finding and tracking work that needs to be done, the easier it is for everyone to see what needs to be done, the easier it is to contribute - and let everyone know your ideas! Create chatrooms around certain topics of people, just like we have #dev-status, #dapp-chat, #lll Slack channels. Always communicate the benefits of contribution, it will positively impact everyone in the community and increase the amount of people who will care and hopefully contribute.", "title": "Community Structure" }, { @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ }, { "location": "/community/how-to-grow-our-community/#appearance", - "text": "Try to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive. Actively highlight and communicate your mistakes and accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments. Adding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations. Small tangible rewards are likely to reduce contributions for intrinsically interesting tasks; larger rewards are likely to When a community is small and growing quickly, displaying percentage growth creates a more favorable signal of growth than display absolute numbers.", + "text": "Try to maintain a professional appearance, whether that is profile pictures or site design, this makes us more attractive. Actively highlight and communicate your mistakes and accomplishments, be accepting of those who do. The faster mistakes are discovered the faster we can solve them, and the faster we can praise your accomplishments. Adding a task-contingent reward (for doing or finishing a task, regardless of performance) to an already interesting task causes people to be less interested in the task. The effect is larget for monetary rewards than for prizes, status rewards and charitable donations.", "title": "Appearance" }, {
@@ -354,5 +354,5 @@ Without the dedication of these fine gentleman, Status would not exist.