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Works pretty well on StackOverflow. And credit card rewards/miles/etc are _kind of_ like achievements.
by swilliams 16y ago
Works pretty well on StackOverflow. And credit card rewards/miles/etc are _kind of_ like achievements.
- potatolicious 16y agoNot really - credit card rewards/miles offer a real reward for doing something, achievements in the way Xbox does it (and everyone copies thoughtlessly) does not. I can exchange my points for something of tangible value to me - I doubt people would care about credit card points if they were purely for shits and giggles. Achievements are fascinating, and MS certainly has pulled it off admirably. But whenever I hear of a web startup doing achievements and other game mechanics, I can't help but feel that it often is simply trying to mask the fact that their service offers insufficient value to their user, and they have to inject "socialness" to make it more attractive.