Original: To illustrate, people spend many hours creating open‐source software, blog articles, and Wikipedia entries for no compensation other than having the personal satisfaction of being an expert or of having learned something.[6] Sometimes, contributors receive a visible status boost. To illustrate, a person may be given a higher‐status account, a different color star, or some other way of showing that this person has contributed to the community.[7]

Edit: To illustrate, people spend many hours creating open‐source software, blog articles, and Wikipedia entries for no compensation other than having the personal satisfaction of being an expert or of having learned something.[6] Sometimes, contributors receive a visible status boost. For example, a person may be given a higher‐status account, a different color star, or some other way of showing that this person has contributed to the community.[7]