Egoboo is a colloquial expression for the pleasure received from public recognition of voluntary work.

The term originated in science fiction fandom, originally simply used to describe the "ego boost" someone feels on seeing their name in print. As a reliable way for someone to get their name in print was to do something worth mentioning, it became caught up with the idea of voluntary community participation. As a result of this, in later years, the term grew to mean something akin to an ephemeral currency - "I got a lot of egoboo for editing that newsletter".

The term later spread into the open source programming movement, where the concept of non-monetary reward from community response is a key motive for many of the participants.

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@lee_robson If it's wrong I, cDave, don't want to be right! #egoboo
c_dave (Crazy Dave) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:46:02 -0000
@lee_robson If it's wrong I, cDave, don't want to be right! #egoboo
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