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why do sites like foursquare flourish with badges, but not be a good fit for HN? Is it strictly a culture issue?
by toisanji 16y ago
why do sites like foursquare flourish with badges, but not be a good fit for HN? Is it strictly a culture issue?
- protomyth 16y agoFourSquare is a game, a contest, and doesn't really have any content associated with the badges. Games and contests have prizes. HN is all about content and badges would be a distraction. The voting on HN is to surface content not populate a trophy case.
- beccax 16y agoHow many hackers out there use Foursquare? Can you comment on what you think of the badges there? It's possible that you go to HN for news, where you care about content, and the latter for fun, where you do like badges.
- Hoff 16y agoEnameled collectable pins are seldom included in a zen garden.