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Gamification the dumb…err…Google way

Adam Tinworth

Aug 1, 2011

1 min read

Beautiful summary:

Google News US has launched collectable badges for reading news stories.

This is stupid.

Mary has provided plenty of more detailed reasons why it’s stupid, too. Another example of Google jumping on a social bandwagon without really understanding it?

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Adam Tinworth

Adam has been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He currently works as a consultant and trainer, helping people do better, more engaged online journalism.