mdsimpson42
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9 months ago Tasks/Tutorials Another thing we could create are tasks for the user to follow. They could give points and/or rewards, but they could also be useful as a sort of tutorial to introduce them to the site.
Examples:
- Find a building in the city that you know well. Can you verify any of the data that has been entered about that building?
- Find a building in your local area. Can you add any information about that building that is missing?
- Verify five data fields.
- Copy data from one building to another.
... tasks that explain how the site works and encourage the user to try different features (as well as getting them to add data to the system).
polly64
We have begun to discuss how we might 'gamify' the platform to encourage users to fill in missing data on the site using crowdsourcing features.
Open to suggestions in the comments below, but here are some basic ideas:
Points System The obvious thing to do would be to include some sort of points system to reward users for entering data. i.e. One point per field successfully filled in (including references!). Points for copying data from one building to another? (We want to encourage them to contribute, but we don't want them spamming false data!).
Leaderboards - the next obvious step would be to have monthly and yearly leaderboards, which show the users who earned the most points in that period.
Rewards - other features could include things like changing the colour of their username based on the number of contributions.
Fun Interactions We already have the confetti animation that plays when you verify the data in a field. We could use this elsewhere. We could also add audio notifications when you complete a task or earn a point. (There would have to be a way to turn this off in a settings menu).
(This could be a solution to https://github.com/colouring-cities/colouring-london/issues/190)