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robertogrecoDozens of psychological studies have consistently shown that giving expected extrinsic rewards for an activity (e.g. “If you do x, I will give you y amount of cash/points/…”) often reduces intrinsic motivation of people to do it. The first reason is that people feel controlled by the person giving the rewards, reducing their sense of autonomy… Secondly, giving a reward for an activity sends a strong social signal that you don’t consider the activity worth doing for its own sake.
—Sebastian Deterding, Don’t Play Games With Me! Promises and Pitfalls of Gameful Design (via maxistentialist)
This is one of the reasons Story War doesn’t really reward players for winning battles other than keeping track of how many battles they’ve won.
(via bradofarrell)
Gamification sucks (except when it doesn’t.)
I used to talk with Chris Poole about how the genius of 4chan is that it was built on a system of intrinsic motivation.
Because everything is posted anonymously, you feel safe in posting your ideas/thoughts/creative work. If it gets rejected, nbd because nobody knows it’s you. If it gets praise, only you know who is responsible for it. So you cache that praise, that feeling, that reward internally and your relationship to the space grows from that.
I would argue that despite their notes and upvotes, social equity is built on Tumblr and reddit in a very similar way.
This concept is central to the work I do designing fanspace which is a name I just made up for “building rules and operations for fan communities.”
It’s also central to Tricia Wang’s understanding of the way that we build identity and relationships online."]]>kenyattacheese triciawang 4chan motivation intrinsicmotivation chrispoole sebastiandeterding gamification tumblr reddit psychology autonomy meaning value purpose rewards control relationships anonymityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:edf6051ed6d2/