Gamification of stuff you’re forced to do is patronizing, possibly to the point of being insulting. Also, gamification in general is cheap manipulation. People

Gamification of stuff you’re forced to do is patronizing, possibly to the point of being insulting. Also, gamification in general is cheap manipulation. People know that the software is applying cheap manipulation on them. Humans are not birds or rats and gamification is not the magical food stuff that will make them push the lever over and over again. Our brains are more complex. Playing a game because one chooses to play a game has nothing to do with gamification. Most people work as to not starve and become homeless. Putting a smiley face on that is not the solution. Be more Kathy Sierra and less like Mark Z. Let people do their job and get out of their way.