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How Did We Get So Obsessed with Streaks?
A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
podcasts.apple.comI’m not going to pretend like video games are paragons of ethical design either. All of the above taken to the extreme leads to design choices intentionally meant to get people hooked. But the reality is that healthcare companies are competing with video games when it comes to attention, lifestyle choices, and allocation of time.
Nikhil Krishnan • Video Games x Healthcare
most gamified fan engagement apps usually end up tethering fan behaviors to a granular, homogenous points and leveling system — such that, say you can only become a “true fan” of an artist on a certain app if you like 10 of their tweets or stream their song 100 times on Spotify. It’s a top-down approach to an inherently bottom-up, emergent behavior... See more
Water & Music • Rethinking “gamification” for DAOs
Companies that exploit our gameplaying compulsion will have an edge over those who don’t, so every company that wishes to compete must gamify in ever more addictive ways, even though in the long term this harms everyone. As such, gamification is not just a fad; it’s the fate of a digital capitalist society. Anything that can be turned into a game s
... See moreGurwinder • Why Everything Is Becoming a Game
Gamification. Techniques like "streaks" for using the product multiple days in a row can encourage people to start a habit, although they can also backfire when people accidentally break a streak.