thread: 2011-02-17 : Ben Lehman: Playtesting: Stop
On 2011-02-28, Simon C wrote:
I've been thinking about real-life reward structures a bunch recently.
I was thinking about Knife Fight and what I loved about it and what I hated about it. You're right on, I think Vincent, about excluding people.
I think the myth is that you can have valuable and functional social reward structures as well as open entry to anyone, and equal access to the means of communication.
What I love about Joshua is what drives me nuts in Graham. I can't stop Graham from driving me nuts without also stopping Joshua from saying hilarious shit that cracks me up. Just like you don't invite just anyone to your party, or to your game session, don't invite everyone to your forum, if you want to foster a particular kind of community.
Of course, if you care more about numbers of people participating than the quality of their participation, in all cases, go for open invite.
