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As someone completely oblivious to gamification on GitHub what is the primary motivation? Is this some form of social validation, like resume padding, or do peo
by throwaway0asd 4y ago
As someone completely oblivious to gamification on GitHub what is the primary motivation? Is this some form of social validation, like resume padding, or do people contribute to this behavior for some other quality. What goal does this fulfill?
- chillfox 4y agoRelease endorphins in the brain to make people contribute more to opensource than they otherwise would. It doesn't work on everyone and is extremely effective on a small group of people with most people being somewhere in between. It's basically an attempt at hacking brains to get more work for free.