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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
The design looks clean and I like that it surfaces workouts using equipment people have. I see Fittr has a point system to reward users for working out. We often see product creators slap on "gamification" without thinking through the ramifications (sometimes it can encourage the opposite desired behavior) or psychology of the user. I'm not claiming Fittr… See more
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@rrhoover That's a great question, Ryan! To be completely honest, at the moment, this gamification is a "slap-on" but it's mostly included in this build to prepare early users for some of the things that we have in the works. For anyone who is working on gamification I would strongly suggest reading two amazing books: 1. Nir Eyal's 'Hooked' and 2. John F… See more
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@rrhoover I should also expand this a little bit to say that with coming additions to our gamification, we will need to be VERY careful to watch for addictive behaviors. 'Hooked' has a wonderful chapter on the ethics of enticed addiction, and while we pass Eyal's basic ethics test, it is possible that we will see patterns of behavior that are, to say the lea… See more
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JP Patil@jpatil · Product @ Grand Rounds
@KikiSchirr +1 on those books!
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@jpatil Thanks, have you read them? They're really fantastic. I cannot stress how much they've helped us.
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JP Patil@jpatil · Product @ Grand Rounds
@KikiSchirr Am reading Hooked now, really like it. Playful Design was purchased for our office library. Up on the list.
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@jpatil Well, dang. I should be asking you for recommendations! Got any good ones? What else are you reading?
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JP Patil@jpatil · Product @ Grand Rounds
@KikiSchirr Next few I want to read: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@jpatil ...that's almost exactly my reading list, no joke. Are you on Goodreads? Let's connect if you are. Thank you! Gonna check out the Cialdini book, which was the one that didn't make my list.
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JP Patil@jpatil · Product @ Grand Rounds
@KikiSchirr Am not on Goodreads. Here is a recent list Lincoln Murphy put up https://docs.google.com/spreadsh... Also have to give a shout out to @rrhoover on the great work in Hooked.
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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@KikiSchirr love that you mentioned Hooked (I'm actually meeting up with @nireyal in a few hours) and glad you're cognizant of the responsibility/influence behavior design (or whatever you want to call it) can have on peoples' lives. I also recommend @JamieMadigan's blog, The Psychology of Games (he also has a book in the works). Although he focuses on vid… See more
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@jpatil Thank you so much!
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Kiki Schirr / 史秀玉@kikischirr · Founder, WeKiki Video Chat Platform
@rrhoover Thanks for the recommendation, I'm going to start reading through his posts now!
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