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As websites become games: Understand the trend
- wccrawford 16y agoFor some websites, this makes a lot of sense. A language learning website that I use recently added trophies to their beta. They previously already had a points system for studying completed and contributions as well. It really works well and helps motivate you a little. For others, not so much. If Amazon added things like that, I would just scoff and ignore it. And if possible, I'd probably disable it. I don't need a retailer to game me into buying things.
- frossie 16y agoI don't need a retailer to game me into buying things. Yeah, and I doubt that would work anyway. It's too easy to go from "ooh I got a trophy" to "I am not your goddamn trained monkey!".
- chailatte 16y agoNo. Stop creating crappy website/app that have no content/value and expect me to contribute free content/value for it using points and badges.
- alttab 16y agoThere have been websites that have done this for years. They are called on-line arcades and people go there to play games. You can even sell advertising on the site to make money. Go figure. But gamifying something that is not a game, well, that must be different, right? Somehow...? I'll use the word "engagement," there we go.