Intrinsic motivation can generate more attention, but so can extrinsic motivators like money or reputation. However, allocating money, reputation, or intrinsic motivation to the wrong places can be counterproductive. In this chapter, we’ve treated the production of open source software as a common pool resource, where maintainer attention is both non-excludable (anyone can bid for their attention) and rivalrous (appropriating their attention reduces the total amount available).

— Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal (63%)