Actually since it was the insane amounts of shares being given out to Devtome authors that screwed DeVCoin, so maybe having Devtome out of commission could be a good thing, if it means no-one can get paid for writing on the Devtome wiki anymore.
However, it seems like some people can still write there.
Plus supposedly Devtome now only pays out of its own quota of the total DeVCoin shares, so that no matter how many authors write how many articles they make no dent in the pay going out to the admins and the various free open source software projects and so on?
Great points @markm! The worst case scenario is that we are leaving devcoin infrastructure so the new site will depend completely on its own income, yet we are promoting Devcoin so payments should be in Devcoin. Also, I plan to donate some of my ongoing shares for a few rounds so the new devtome has liquidity. All this makes me feel like the worst case is not that bad, guess we can ship with this plan:
1. Start a new wiki at devtome.org (dokuwiki? mediawiki?)
2. Setup ads (adsense?)
3. Setup analytics (analytics?)
4. Setup payment rules (how do we pay people?)
5. Define admins (anyone available?)
6. Invite everyone to join the new site (launch campaign)
7. Foster the new site (marketing campaign)
Of course, this is just an initial proposal, we need your feedback to validate and improve it.
1. I have no issue with moving Devtome, but has anyone solicited input directly from Hunterbunter or Novacadian? Hunter was carrying the torch from UTB and was heavily assisted by Nova and I feel their input would be insightful. Another big issue with attracting quality writers was that the Wiki format was intimidating to your average writer and it would be nice if we researched other formats that had much more friendly user features and a more appealing layout, yet retained the open source spirit central to DVC.
4. We definitely need to revamp how people are paid to ensure that it is self-sustaining. I think the previous rating system we had in place was a great foundation, but I would suggest we look into improving it even further to ensure that quality writing carries more weight than meaningless drivel.
5. I was a previous signing admin responsible for signing up new writers and ensuring they were not submitting plagiarism. I am still available and could take on further responsibilities if needed. I know there are several other admins who would be willing to jump back in at a moment's notice.
7. I think it would benefit us greatly to have a social media admin who would be available to to manage several social media outlets such as, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Stumble Upon, etc as well as invest in other traditional forms of marketing.
Just my two cents and I am looking forward to helping in any way I can. I am definitely not tech savvy, but I can write fairly well and have been involved with DVC/Devtome for a few years.
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