Hah, one of my projects for this summer is to convert the Alternity PDFs into ebooks. I'm currently blocking on it because I can't work out how to deal with comments nicely (suggestions/thoughts/brainstorming on that topic all very welcome!).
I think I agree about visible change being its own reward; I guess with thanks I'm probably actually particularly thinking about vaginapagina, where it's more a very slow, very lengthy ongoing community-building process, and results of actions don't... really have a huge impact on the community. (Being reminded that bugfixes for "small" stuff DW-side do actually improve people's general experience, rather than me feeling like I've done things that nobody but me cares about, is also helpful - but again, that's subtly different from thanks. "Recognition" is maybe better?)
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Date: 2013-07-24 02:42 pm (UTC)I think I agree about visible change being its own reward; I guess with thanks I'm probably actually particularly thinking about