It seems like the entire point of online communities are to gameify whatever the community is about. I noticed it around 2008 and its only been getting worse.

It seems like the entire point of online communities are to gameify whatever the community is about. I noticed it around 2008 and its only been getting worse. Creating Internet points (likes, shares, retweets, karma, w/e the system) was a huge mistake for humanity. I'm starting to appreciate forums and chatrooms again where everything doesn't have to be a competition and people aren't trying to min/max everything they come across.