[OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

[Stefan Keller]

Hi Bryce and Janko

It seems that I have triggered many ideas about Gamification of data
capturing in OSM. I have some visions too from the existing Kort Game.
But for discussing this, I think, we should fork this thread.

I think such highscores don't belong (yet) to the main website os OSM.
So what I still like to find out, is, what triggered the opposition to
gamification. I can't find Saman mentioning gamification in his
presentation (as other reported here) - or did I miss something?

Yours, Stefan


2013/7/29 Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>:
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I think statistics are enough for gamification. You can have lots of
>> badges like
>>
>> "Biggest contributor in Belgium" - most nodes in Belgium
>> "Road admiral of Alabama" - most roads in Alabama
>> "Power man of  Bavaria" - biggest contributor of power tags (power=line,
>> power=substation etc.) in Bavaria
>> "Forester of Croatia"
>> "Ski instructor of Switzerland"
>> etc..
>>
>> Then if you have a question about tagging a power station in some region,
>> you could quickly find "the power man" of the region, and ask them. That way
>> the badge comes with some responsibility and influence in decision making.
>> The bigger the region, the more responsibility.
>
>
> Games can be... gamed.
> As a pipsqeak in the power pole mapping influence peddling ring, I could
> zoom to the top with a few evenings of shifting nodes that did not really
> need shifting.  If the game is important enough to be gamed... it will be
> gamed.
>
> Better to say that my edits are respected.  I make an edit and someone else
> says 'thanks, that looks great', or maybe 'could we talk about the inclusion
> of bird nests on power poles a bit?'.  Then you've got a system that has
> both games and social features.  For those who don't want either there can
> be achievement levels: perhaps certain capabilities, like bulk uploads,
> could require hitting certain contribution milestones.  It works great for
> stack exchange and other similar sites.
>
>           -Bryce
>
> Note: the badge list above shows a gender-specific skew... trying giving the
> 'power man' badge to a professional female lawyer.
>
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