Posts tagged ‘Blogger’
There have been some changes on WordPress.com, the free blog publishing and hosting site, most notably the messages you receive as you publish a new blog post. They are messages cheering you on for blogging, giving you the word count of your blog post and the what number post you just published.
The other day, I started getting “badges” recognizing my blogging accomplishments of reaching a blogging goal that I didn’t even set for myself.
I find it curious and amusing that a blog publishing company is applying game theory i.e. gamifying the blogging process. To what end? Are they thinking this is going to be motivation for people to blog more? Because they get a “prize” for reaching blogging goals? It doesn’t bother me that it’s there, mind you. I just find it curious.
I’m all for gamification of certain processes, even in business and work which I’ve blogged about before, but can’t imagine it is really going to effective to get people to blog more or blog regularly. And if we start blogging for badges, what will happen to the quality of our blogging? I wonder…
What do you think? Would getting encouraging messages and badges help you blog more?
I’m moderating a panel at Blogworld at 10:15am on Wednesday, May 25th called “The Future of Blog Platforms.” ROOM 1A16.
We’ll talk techie stuff but also talk about practical ways to leverage the way blog platforms are changing. The panelists are:
Chang Kim from Blogger
Rich Pearson from Posterous
Evan Solomon from WordPress
These guys will provide different perspectives about blogging and blog platforms from behind-the-scenes and the tech side to funtionality and the business side.
Here’s the description of our session:
Where has blogging come from and what will blogging look like in the next 5 years? Blogging today is entirely different from years past, and this panel will take you into the future of blogging.
Learn how “social” has changed blogging forever and how “mobile” is impacting the blogosphere in exciting new ways.
Find out how to capitalize on these disruptions and take your blog to another level. Hear from blog industry pioneers and innovators to understand what’s next in blogging and blog platforms.
What questions do you have about blogs and blog platforms for the panelists? Post here or tweet it with hashtag #blogfuture.
