I would prefer the number of characters to be displayed—but otherwise, this is awesome! Great idea! Facebook uses this too, but in favor of procrastination :(.
You have to be careful, on the other hand, that the quality of the work done doesn’t suffer.
How about competitive flashcard making? Competitive spaced repetition? Competitive talk/meeting/event preparation? Competitive thinking-of-things-that-can-be-turned-into-a-competition?
After the rationality minicamp a lot of people wagered that they’ll create at least 50 Anki cards in a about month. Everyone could wager any amount of money they wanted. Anyone that creates 50 Anki cards gets their money back and an appropriate share (based on how much they wagered) of the money from people that failed to create enough Anki cards.
I would prefer the number of characters to be displayed—but otherwise, this is awesome! Great idea! Facebook uses this too, but in favor of procrastination :(.
You have to be careful, on the other hand, that the quality of the work done doesn’t suffer.
How about competitive flashcard making? Competitive spaced repetition? Competitive talk/meeting/event preparation? Competitive thinking-of-things-that-can-be-turned-into-a-competition?
After the rationality minicamp a lot of people wagered that they’ll create at least 50 Anki cards in a about month. Everyone could wager any amount of money they wanted. Anyone that creates 50 Anki cards gets their money back and an appropriate share (based on how much they wagered) of the money from people that failed to create enough Anki cards.