[Leftium]

Often money is not the best motivator. Dan Ariely's research shows people who were asked to volunteer consistently put in more effort than those who were compensated with money or gifts. There's a whole chapter about social norms vs. market norms in his book: Predictably Irrational. There's a decent summary of the chapter here: [1].

[1] http://robertnielsen21.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/predictably-...

[bbarrows]

I am hearing some very interesting points about how money could be a poor motivator or even a deterrent (it sounds like some people are saying, because it makes them evaluate the time they are spending on the question and therefore how much their time is worth)?

However in creating this I imagined a poor college kid that was stoked to get a few dollars helping another kid solve his homework.. We will see if that actually happens though..