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it's a matter of motivation (quokk.au)

submitted 7 months ago by bearboiblake@pawb.social to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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A meme counter-arguing the claim "Without a profit motive, no one would be productive!" by showing examples of unpaid productivity: Wikipedia, complex Minecraft builds, open-source code, and volunteer firefighters.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 60 points 7 months ago (12 children)

All of these people have motives… Their motives simply aren’t money

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[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I do believe this was the message that was intended to be conveyed by the post itself

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[–] homes@piefed.world 7 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

Sure, but some people really need it spelled out.

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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Like in the title of the post? Or in the image comprising the post?

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[–] homes@piefed.world -5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Show me where in the post title or anywhere in the rest of the post it says “their motives aren’t money”.

Maybe I just missed that part?

Because “spelled out” and “implied“ are not the same thing. But I guess some people just need that spelled out for them.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

"without a profit, no one would be productive"

It's cropped out the top of the image unless you open it lol.

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[+] homes@piefed.world -7 points 7 months ago*

Don’t blame me for someone else cropping it.

Speaking of motivation, my motivation was to add clarity, not to start petty arguments

What’s yours?

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[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

In the image itself, it directly calls it a "profit motive," not just a general motive. I figured you may have missed that by mistake, wasn't trying to be rude.

Then the rest the of the post implies that these other people are able to do stuff without a profit motive, though yes it doesn't state they have other motives i suppose? But i think that's the point

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[–] homes@piefed.world -3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

wasn't trying to be rude.

Sure, but why pass up the opportunity for some petty bickering?

No need to reply

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[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago

I don't think I was involved in any bickering. I meant to clarify my thoughts from earlier.

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hence: without profit motive.

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[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

Are people not profiting off their feel good hormones just like they would getting a shiny new doohickey?

SHOULDN'T all these people be paid?

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 months ago

???

Feel good hormones are not profit.
Yes I think that firefighters should be paid, some open source developers deserve compensation for the value created by their work, and some Wikipedia contributors should probably be paid as well.

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