Comment on Dunkin' added achievements to their mobile app

taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Honestly, gamification is good but this is just stupid. Humans respond to gamification for a reason, it can add a sense of accomplishment or help you lay out goals, etc. If you gave that to, say, a non-profit looking to motivate volunteers who clean up the beach or something, it’s a net gain for society.

But this? What accomplishment or goal do you get for eating shitty donuts 500 times? I’d like to meet the man (and it most certainly is a man) who is proud of his 500th Duncan trip. I’ll buy him a dose of insulin (but only the subsidized stuff).

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