Newbie question.

[Robert J. Hansen]

> How about collective and cooperative effort in a wiki, or cloud funding
> pledges or donations? Those who contribute (money or effort) get
> privilege of some kind.

I am very pessimistic about the idea of collective effort.  What
experience has taught me from working on the FAQ is that a small number
of people with extreme ideas speak up the loudest, and the vast majority
of users who are calm and reasonable speak up barely at all.