Editing Transaction costs/Brainstorming (section)

== General Thoughts == 

* There is an important distinction between contributions that are simply giving something to a community and something that is creating something and giving it to a community.
* Small transaction costs play a more important role in deterring small contributions than large ones.
* Up-front or visible costs are more likely to deter contributions than costs only visible after the contributor has made a significant investment of work. A CAPTCHA shown after a wiki edit will deter less contributions than a CAPTCHA shown before a contribution. 
* Since many projects work as communities, barriers to an initial investment are of primary importance because participation in a community creates additional incentive to contribution.
* Many communities want to increase transaction costs to contribution -- especially initial activation costs -- as a way of avoiding low quality contributions from less skilled or dedicated contributors.