• Kamirose@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, as someone with ADHD I find the idea that gamification is inherently exploitative to be outright offensive. It’s an absolutely necessary accessibility tool for many people with executive function issues. Hell I need gamification to remember to brush my damn teeth every day.

    Sure some corpos can take it too far, but this article is way off the mark.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      My ADHD brain also craves the dopamine hit.

      However, I recently watched a video on how a Chinese shopping site gameifies itself to entice users to spend money with literal “spin the wheel for a chance at a huge discount” then “refer a friend to spin the wheel again!”

      When gameification becomes a gamble, that is when it is exploitive.