>As a side node gamification drives me mad. IMHO only an idiot would care about made up "achievements". Considering how token economies [1] are generally succe

>As a side node gamification drives me mad. IMHO only an idiot would care about made up "achievements". Considering how token economies [1] are generally successful as motivators (HN karma, anyone?) I'd say this has less to do with idiocy and more with the "human nature". BTW, if anyone wants a good, quick introduction to the criticism of gamification I can recommend the Errant Signal video on the subject [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_economy [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfMjQKXZXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfMjQKXZXk