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Right, you need some kind of happy medium (not too easy, not too difficult).

Indeed, and it may incentivize and motivate them to do things they might not otherwise have done within the community.

Good post. Have been thinking a lot about influence and reputation lately, and the relative nature of both of them. Products that only cater to the Quora early adopter crowd won't …

Agreed. My point is that there are certain people that would likely be predisposed to share anyway. And although the internet has provided new opportunities for sharing, other type…

In other news, this is called the "biased sample" fallacy. 1. Sample S, which is biased, is taken from population P. 2. Conclusion C is drawn about Population P based on S. http://…

I'm not convinced that online sharing has caused offline sharing, although there are examples of online communities such as couchsurfing that have brought online communities offlin…

I'm kinda over the whole .ly domain thing. Find a new cool-sounding TLD where there isn't the risk of having your domain seized because of possible violations of Sharia law.

Williamsburg. Super convenient with the L train, great warehouse spaces, lots going on, tons of tech folks, much cheaper than Manhattan. Complain all you want about the hipsters bu…

Has anyone else gotten unsolicited emails from RMS when you inadvertently use one of his "words to avoid" on a mailing list or the like? http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoi…

Indeed, if other companies developed the technology and did not patent it, it should be in the public domain.

Patents in the US are on a "first to invent" basis -- so if someone else has done it before, then you theoretically can't actually patent it. This is different than in Europe where…