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Competition Design

Leaderboards and rankings that turn observers into participants.

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    Competition Design Entry #0651

    Why a leaderboard turns a solo task into a performance

    Adding a ranking to an activity that was private makes people work harder and enjoy it less, because the audience changes the purpose of the effort.

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    The hidden part #0651

    A ranking does not reveal effort — it installs a new kind of effort that exists only while the ranking is visible.

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