What motivates members to create content, offerings, and services within the community?

[Hev]

This question delves into the underlying motivations that drive members of the community to actively contribute by creating content, offerings, and services. By asking about these motivations, we aim to understand the diverse range of reasons that inspire individuals to share their knowledge, skills, and experiences within the community. These motivations may include a desire to share expertise and insights, contribute to a collective pool of knowledge, foster a culture of learning and growth, build connections with like-minded individuals, or make a positive impact on others' lives. Understanding what motivates members to create content and offerings within the community provides valuable insights into the dynamics of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and community engagement, ultimately enriching the collective experience for all members. 

[Carl Dickson]

The best way to learn something is to teach it. For people in the LearnGrowRepeat community, that's a powerful incentive. But we also want people to be able to afford to put effort into our community.

Every community has an economy. Most economies use currency. But even the ones that don't have an economy. So does LearnGrowRepeat.

Part of learning how to live in a community or how to create a community is to figure out how to have an economy with a minimum of unintended consequences. One of the reasons we use credits for all transactions on LearnGrowRepeat is so that our economy is separate from the economy outside the community. We are working on ways that people can exchange credits with each other in various ways to encourage economic activity.

We want to incentivize people to create content, offerings, and services so that the community has a healthy economy. We charge for subscriptions mainly to keep trolls out of the community, but also to pay development and hosting bills. We set 20-30% of all subscription revenue aside for incentives for people to refer others and create content. We do this partly so that people can pay for their subscriptions without having to pay cash and partly so that active community members can be rewarded. Refer 200 subscribers and you can not only have a free subscription for years, but you can put over $1000 in your pocket.

In a similar way, we have rewards for people who create content. And we also enable some users to use the LearnGrowRepeat platform to offer their goods and services. The way we see it is if they produce something that community members are interested in, isn't it better to deal with people in the community instead of strangers? We don't endorse, sell or support their offerings for them, we just enable community members to transact with community members if they choose. 

It also enables us to broaden the value provided to subscribers. You will find training, events, and services here that is offered by community members as well as that produced by LearnGrowRepeat. Over time we hope to see so much of that, our subscribers learn, grow, and repeat forever.

If you are a creator or a maker and want to be a part of our economy, then reach out to one of our staff members or your Tour Guide. If you aren't a creator or a maker, you can still be a referrer. If you are not a creator, maker, or a referrer you can still be a valuable part of our community, simply by participating in our discussions, events, and courses. This is how we think an economy should work --- people being able to do what they need to do, engaging in the ways they choose to engage, and working together to thrive.