And it worked. We succeeded beyond our competitors. We've gone for many years. We've made it farther than anyone thought we could. The staff, programmers, and members all had their incentives whatever it was, to help codex accomplish this goal.
That incentive doesn't exist anymore. We've failed to produce competitive programs for a very long time. We don't offer sufficient services. We haven't attracted many new members. Activity is pretty pathetic, and it has remained so long-term. And what I think is most important, is the administrators havn't pulled through with much. (Granted there were a few promises made in the late summer.. I havn't heard of any of these promises come true nor any updates). Nothing new has been getting done. Even lower members of staff seem to be inactive. I think the sad truth is that a lot of us have lost interest and motivation.
And you can try to convince me otherwise. You can spit up some arbitrary statistics, but I this is the reality and we can't deny that. I know we've seen tough times.. we've seen low activity, we've encountered busy administrators, and a lack of programs, but it's never been nearly this bad. And I don't think any of this will change without any change on the structure of neocodex.
My suggestion is to introduce monetary incentive.
Legal factors - we've seen many competitors go down because tnt threatened to sue them. But has it ever been for the sale of programs? (Not rhetorical, I'm actually asking you) And Neocodex has been very good at staying under the radar of tnt anyways. I can think of several ways off the top of my head to make this possible with limited interference from tnt.
And this only applies to the sale of programs of course. Paying admins/programmers wouldn't be illegal on ay level that I can think of.
Moral issues - The administrators have always wanted to show selflessness in their management of codex. They've promised to never charge for anything or take any revenue or blah blah blah. But I think all of us are devoted to codex regardless. Everyone's worked hard to make all this happen, and I personally wouldn't give a flying fuck if the programmers/admins/members were rewarded for their hard work and effort if it allowed us to grow as a community.
Debate.
Edited by Freak, 29 October 2008 - 04:16 PM.