# SX-Pattern: Reward for participation

**URL:** <https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-pattern-reward-for-participation/632>\
**Category:** SX solution development\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-pattern-reward-for-participation/632 "2025-05-05T08:00:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ryuno-Ki](https://discuss.coding.social/user_avatar/discuss.coding.social/ryuno-ki/32/44_2.png) [@Ryuno-Ki](https://discuss.coding.social/u/Ryuno-Ki)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-pattern-reward-for-participation/632/1 "2025-05-05T08:00:16Z")

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As I’m preparing for a short-time gig I read the [friendly documentation of a PHP framework](https://symfony.com/doc/current/index.html).  
I noticed a section close to the footer recognising contributors:

 ![screenshot of a contributor to Symfony](https://discuss.coding.social/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b2ee9c92ee9219d0d5bf841d844a1ce7790321fb.png)

Ideally this should include people outside of the coding world but I like the idea.

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**Author:** ![d3v0](https://discuss.coding.social/user_avatar/discuss.coding.social/d3v0/32/936_2.png) [@d3v0](https://discuss.coding.social/u/d3v0)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-pattern-reward-for-participation/632/2 "2025-05-06T20:16:50Z")

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An application of this pattern:

> You know how we all get frustrated by black holes where we submit bugs and never hear another word? Looking at you Radar/FB.  
> It happens to our customers, too.  
> They spend their valuable time reporting issues in our apps. And we fix those things. And that’s often the end of it.  
> We’ve started doing something about that: our release notes now thank whoever reported the bug. It takes very little time to add “Thx” and it builds a great relationship with your biggest fans.  
> [Tapestry • Your favorite blogs, social media, and more in a unified and chronological timeline](https://usetapestry.com/history)

– ([Source](https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/114462329993175424)) ([Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250506200206/https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/114462329993175424))

 ![Screenshot of the linked version history webpage highlighting the positive shout outs to participants who reported a software bug that got fixed as part of an update.](https://discuss.coding.social/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1ba80bd2c01db0f4b78678ac3225ecb685941b90.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Ryuno-Ki](https://discuss.coding.social/user_avatar/discuss.coding.social/ryuno-ki/32/44_2.png) [@Ryuno-Ki](https://discuss.coding.social/u/Ryuno-Ki)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-pattern-reward-for-participation/632/3 "2025-05-07T06:30:58Z")

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I would suggest to ask for consent before adding the name, though. There are people who feel uncomfortable with it. Also, it could be a case of deadnaming down the road (so perhaps go with a nickname?)

Great idea. Thanks for adding it to the thread.