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HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
July 15 2011 20:51 GMT
#21
Even Google has achievements!
oh, hai
Keniji
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Netherlands2569 Posts
July 15 2011 20:54 GMT
#22
There was a interesting TED talk some time ago by a I think it was a game designer about points for normal day tasks like brushing teeth etc.. Sadly I can't find it anymore, it would fit perfectly in this discussion if I remember right. Maybe someone has seen it and can help me find it?
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 21:08:06
July 15 2011 21:07 GMT
#23
On July 16 2011 04:59 Hawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2011 04:46 hypercube wrote:
On July 16 2011 04:24 Hawk wrote:
pffft, if it suckers dumb kids into paying attention to relevant shit i am all for it


Reading news is not paying attention to relevant shit. Reminds me of a study about perceptions of railroad safety in the UK a few years ago.

People were asked whether they thought railroad safety had been improving, staying the same or getting worse. Those who read newspapers did worse than those who didn't. What's more tabloid readers did better than those who read broadsheets (i.e serious newspapers).

+ Show Spoiler +
This isn't really surprising. The long term trend was towards increased safety and less fatal accidents. These papers focused on a few incidents without looking at the big picture. Those who read these stories tended to think things were getting worse.

Looking only at some aspects of an issue can be significantly worse than not looking at all and just taking a random guess. Or guessing based on general knowledge.


Yes, news can make you more informed. But only if you read critically. And I don't see how a badge system encourages that.

well news papers tend to report on incidents that happen, so I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised that a paper would report on accidents?? that whole acedote seems really pointless, esp without any kind of sourcing


Not sure if you think it's pointless in the first place or that it should be sourced. Anyway, I promise to look up the primary source and post it later.

I agree that it's not surprising, it's just an example where reading trusted sources of information made people less informed.

The study you're mentioning is bias, so I'm not going to touch that.


Depends on what you mean by bias. I don't think they were deliberately trying to mislead people. Instead by reporting what was interesting, or "newsworthy" they created an inaccurate perception of reality. Maybe it's an exception, but it's not that rare.

To be clear I don't believe reading news will make you less informed. But I suspect the benefits are way overestimated.
"Sending people in rockets to other planets is a waste of money better spent on sending rockets into people on this planet."
edc
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States666 Posts
July 15 2011 21:08 GMT
#24
LOL, somebody who works for Google obviously plays SC2... though I must admit that the entire idea is pretty stupid.
“There are two kinds of people in this world, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” - Clint Eastwood
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6600 Posts
July 15 2011 21:21 GMT
#25
rofl. I guess google felt left out? It's not like people use them very much anymore. <- sarcasm
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
July 15 2011 21:29 GMT
#26
imma show all my friends i am ultimate league informed.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
July 15 2011 21:46 GMT
#27
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WHAT
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Mirrorthrone
Profile Joined February 2011
United States8 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-16 01:37:44
July 16 2011 01:33 GMT
#28
It might be helpful to see what people are interested in.

If I see someone with an Ultimate badge in politics, I know to ignore them.

Google's video about badges:



Dude.. that's brutal.
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1808 Posts
July 16 2011 15:19 GMT
#29
On July 16 2011 04:42 Torte de Lini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2011 04:41 LML wrote:
On July 16 2011 04:35 Torte de Lini wrote:
On July 16 2011 04:27 OpticalShot wrote:
HBD Torte!
Yesh I want to collect my spent-1000-hours-on-google-reading-junk-badges!!


Thank you.

BRB scripting bot to refresh page on various news sites!



cool, how much to use it, too?


I wasn't serious lolol


neither was I ;P
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