I dunno, incentives are an application layer problem. I'll depend on the users relationship to that data. Maybe...
- The publisher finds a way to pay you for it.
- You get free fries if prior gossip indicates that you've been seeding the restaurant's menu and open hours data.
- You just seed data that you care about keeping available for your community, like if you expect the mechanic to be able to fix your car you should seed the service manual.
- It's a tit-for-tat thing, peers remember who seed and seed themselves in return.
- The publisher finds a way to pay you for it.
- You get free fries if prior gossip indicates that you've been seeding the restaurant's menu and open hours data.
- You just seed data that you care about keeping available for your community, like if you expect the mechanic to be able to fix your car you should seed the service manual.
- It's a tit-for-tat thing, peers remember who seed and seed themselves in return.