Thanks for sharing your input @ura-soul!
We don't have a great tool yet, indeed, and that's a huge challenge for now. I wouldn't want that to hold us from experimenting though, from which we can learn what we actually need in order to maybe have that build in the future.
have each contributor receive upvotes for their contribution (via their comment)
I think we should use the account to share ideas and get input and votes (yes/no, not upvotes), but maybe I'm not understanding this part of your comment correctly?
I am just suggesting you check out asana.com ;)
The commenting comment was in reference to you saying that the main posts would decline payouts. You said that maybe people would want payouts and I suggested that since people can be upvoted on their comments anyway that basically you can just continue to decline payouts.
Ah, right, I was thinking 'Steem interface', you suggest using asana.com itself. I don't think any third party app is a solution except maybe for specific working groups that want a way to plan their project, but what I'm thinking about is all the stuff that happens before you form a working group: propose ideas, gather input on the ideas, vote on which proposal works best/should be prioritized...
(Not sure where I said people would want payouts, but it's after 1AM here, I need to go sleep first and will get back to you tomorrow :D)
No worries. Asana can be used to track issues and is effectively a forum that allows a greater degree of information management than steem does - that's all.