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Ask HN: Could a game trick users into doing work?

You think of millions of kids playing Minecraft, left clicking, collecting, constructing and categorizing things. Could this somehow replace menial jobs?

jneumann004 5y ago
In short, yes. I'm not sure how sustainable the platform is long term, but you can earn money in the short term. https://www.playtoearn.online/2020/07/08/axie-infinity-beats-minimum-wage-in-many-countries/ https://www.playtoearn.online/2020/07/08/axie-infinity-beats...
flatiron 5y ago
The call center industry is going towards “gamification”. So the agents get metrics for doing well.
- tomcam 5y ago
  I would like to hear more about this.
  - flatiron 5y ago
    https://www.five9.com/products/gamification https://www.five9.com/products/gamification
elviejo 5y ago
Yes this is called Games with a Purpose. It is Luis Von Ahn thesis. Luis created: recaptcha, to help digitilize books by harnessing millions of captchas. The ESP game to help tag images for search purposes. Both sold to Google And later founded Duolingo, to democratize language learning. His Ted talk is a good starting point. https://youtu.be/-Ht4qiDRZE8 https://youtu.be/-Ht4qiDRZE8