Platform to Playform: The Gamification of Civic Action
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“Game designers are the experts in motivating people and getting them to do repetitive stuff,” says Microtask CEO Wili Miettinen. Science isn’t so great at getting people to care. Civil Society isn’t so great at raising money. Humanitarians groups aren’t great at either. What if in-game actions mapped to real-world outcomes? This postulates what tools like Flowminder, Ushahidi, Reddit, Storyful, Crowdflower, MetaLayer, open data and others might accomplish if coupled with a game layer of abstraction.
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PLATFORM TO PLAYFORM: THE GAMIFICATION OF CIVIC ACTION
GTA 5
Earned $800 million on Day 1
$1 billion by the third day of release
Average person plays 5 hours at a time.
“Game designers are the experts in motivating people and getting them to do repetitive stuff...”
- Microtask CEO Wili Miettinen
Science isn’t so great at getting people to care.
Civil Society isn’t so great at raising money.
Humanitarians groups aren’t great at either.
What if in-game actions mapped to real-world out comes?
Folding@home project beats super computers
FLOWMINDER
CROWDFLOWER
DATA.UN.ORG
USHAHIDI.COM
RED CROSS DIGITAL OPERATIONS
http://TEDglobe.com
VISUALIZATION
by Kate Starbird, Bill Morris, Chris Danforth and GeoSprocket
METALAYER
VIBRANTDATA.ORG
MAPPING DEMOGRAPHICS
LANDPORTAL.INFO
CRIMESPOTTING
POLICE.UK
D8A
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