RE: Is gamification the answer to Steem problems? Initial thoughts after watching hours of talks about gamification.

The money aspect shouldn't matter so much if you treat it like all those platforms that pay you nothing.

Actually, this go against research which says... that people actually perform much better when no monetary rewards is given.

Actually... research says that paying for something, and later paying less and less is one of the easiest way to kill a passion.

Whether people stick around depends on whether they enjoy the experience and if they think it has a future.

You do not have to enjoy the experience to stay. I do not enjoy being on linkedin, I just know I need it from time to time. I do not enjoy being on some different websites, but I already spent so much time customizing my experience... and I don't want to try to re-create this experience in a different place. People may do not like their blogs on wordpress, but switching to another platform is a lot of a hassle.

Steem can be great if you find the right people to hang out with and I hope more of those will join up.

With respect to all people here... there are even more awesome people in the other places. You can find awesome people everywhere if you will look long enough. Ok... if Steem would be better in recommending awesome friends to new users... it would be awesome, but Steem do not works like that, so it means that the fact that you can meet here great people is... a little bit random, like in other places.