World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by joshwprinceton » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 9:53 PM UTC

World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)
theelevatorgame.com

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by agscala » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:04 PM UTC

Is there a goal of some sort? I feel like I just completely wasted my time

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by joshwprinceton » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:07 PM UTC

What is this you ask? a) it is a strangely addictive game b) it is an experiment for a blog post I'll be writing on user experience design -- particularly around offline IA. Some more info here: joshrweinstein.com

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Post by joshwprinceton » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:07 PM UTC

agscala wrote: post #2

Is there a goal of some sort? I feel like I just completely wasted my time

I just posted a quick description on this thread -- it's both a game and experiment

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by kaerast » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:12 PM UTC

So I'm guessing the experiment is either A/B testing of layouts of number pads, or it's testing to see if people can cheat the leaderboard.

Also, it must be a slow news day for this to get to front page.

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by booleanCA » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:22 PM UTC

I still prefer the abstractness of http://www.clickyourlifeaway.com

-edit - but I like the submission by the OP too, I can see it becoming a meme XD

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by joshwprinceton » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:25 PM UTC

booleanCA wrote: post #6

I still prefer the abstractness of http://www.clickyourlifeaway.com -edit - but I like the submission by the OP too, I can see it becoming a meme XD

Lol, genius!! Wish I saw that before I put mine up :D, not the same, but pretty funny

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by tonetheman » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:26 PM UTC

yeah I have no clue what it is... and I even read the blog. Pretty sure it does not count as a game or an experiment with so little explanation... who knows?

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by slewis » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:26 PM UTC

kaerast wrote: post #5

So I'm guessing the experiment is either A/B testing of layouts of number pads, or it's testing to see if people can cheat the leaderboard. Also, it must be a slow news day for this to get to front page.

I'd guess its an experiment about when people stop clicking. Most people either only click a few times, or stop right at 20 times, when they receive the easter egg buttons.

So, the lesson is: give your users a perceived reward for taking action on your site, to get them engaged long enough to get the reward.

Or maybe the lesson is: as soon as users perceive there are no rewards left they'll leave.

Re: World Clicking Championship TheElevatorGame.com (and experiment)

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Post by joshwprinceton » Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:32 PM UTC

tonetheman wrote: post #8

yeah I have no clue what it is... and I even read the blog. Pretty sure it does not count as a game or an experiment with so little explanation... who knows?

The app is primarily for data collection, the next post will explain everything