It's remarkable how people respond. I did manage to talk my wife into resuming blogging here... and even though she's not all that active, at least she's giving it a try. But she spends more time on Farcebook and twitter.

I spent many years in sales and one of the things that typically holds true is that people value something about as much as they pay for it... conversely, people are also more likely to contribute with about the intent and quality they get rewarded. The fairly consistently high quality of content (compared to the papp of FB or other social media) is perhaps testament to the fact that people DO care more when they are compensated for their efforts.