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The "This is fine" achievement is funny but doesn't seem right. The top user ppdemo indeed has a repo where he apparently creates one issue every minute, but there's only a few open issues so he must be deleting them too: https://github.com/pddemo/demo
Alot of people always want to compete and present theirsel so it should drive itself if spread at the right places. Also you cann add monthyl rankings and stats with persisting medals to earn and keep on the profile page kinda linke a trophy shelf.
From here on you can just go the full gamification route with levelling etc.
glhf
The resulting software is the achievement not sone bullshit badge.
Most of the toplists are just filled with spambots/automations/etc. Also, at least my pov, could this be a quite funny project if better measurements would have been taken. Autoscraping is always a good idea but why not turn it arround and call it a competition. Make people commit their info via a github app to place them in the different rankings and also a global one. Alot of people always want to compete and prese…
Half of these "achievements" are simply highlighting spam/abuse on the platform which goes relatively unchecked since it still equates to usage & drives up metrics.
Why does everyone want to turn github in to gamified social media. The resulting software is the achievement not sone bullshit badge.
no one writes software for metadata. people write software, they push it to GitHub, and GitHub gives them achievements which may provide a fraction of a second of amusement.
let people enjoy themselves a little, sheesh.
Why does every little inconsequential thing have to be gamified to increase engagement? I couldn't care less about how many stars, arctic vault badges etc. do I get in a thing I use to hedge risk of losing my code and collaborate with others.
it's not for you, fine. why complain about it? let people enjoy something even though you see no point for crying out loud.
Hacker News: "Gamifying everything is terrible"
I think getting angry about everything including parody github achievements is terrible.
Why does everyone want to turn github in to gamified social media. The resulting software is the achievement not sone bullshit badge.