One thing: I'm preparing for pemkarni#1 (which is late now), and am going to send it here and on Reddit, so that more people act.
On Aug 24, 2016 7:45 AM, "Curtis Franks" <curtis.w.franks@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > It's already going; see the mail «pemci jeftydiknykarni (Poem Weekly) — #0».
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> Cool! .uisai
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> > I could go for announcing the submissions and topics on Reddit, and we could have it linked on Twitter and Facebook.
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> I did not even think of Reddit, but I think that that could just work!
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> > Money is a horrible idea here, because it kills the purpose of this, which is to encourage fellow jbopre to write a poem, be it short, long, rhyming, rhythmic, or plain, or whatever. Money isn't needed *here*, sorry.
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> Oh, I agree. Money is definitely not the correct option here. It was more of a demonstration in this case. It is hard to deny that it would fail to incentivize somewhat, in principle. Of course, each incentive is accompanied by its own special costs, and I think that money does not work as a result (for many strong reasons).
Good you agree.
~ uakci
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