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They pitch it as a “discount” if you complete it and meet goals.
by spydum 8y ago
They pitch it as a “discount” if you complete it and meet goals.
- RandomInteger4 8y agoYes, but that actually works and makes people generally happier with it than if it were pitched as a penalty. A good case study of this is world of warcraft's rest system when it was first introduced in beta vanilla back in the day. Initially it was called a penalty for playing too long; you would begin to receive less XP. Players didn't like this, so they rereleased the system and called it a rested XP bonus. Players loved it. It may be manipulative, but if it makes people happier and results in higher usage rates for the system, then why not?
- raxxorrax 8y agoWhat about countries with mandatory health insurance. How should it be handled here?
- RandomInteger4 8y agoFirst thing we can do is to call the health insurance mandate penalty a deduction.
- raxxorrax 8y agoWith no opting out because it would affect lifestyle choices? There actually are some programs to get boni, but I am mostly against this. Public health insurance is a system based on solidarity. I would like the option to opt out of Public health insurance.
- awkward 8y agoYeah, they pitched it as a discount but they also raised the base rate at the same time so the framing rang a little hollow.