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Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits

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What it is

An Extra Credits episode on China's Sesame Credit, which gamifies obedient citizenship through a social score. It covers how the system rewards conformity and pressures people through their friends' behavior.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters use it as a short, accessible primer on social credit and surveillance-driven gamification, linking it in many privacy and China threads.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Explains how Sesame Credit turns friends against each other.”

    pdkl95, 2015-12 · Recommendation · in “"Free Basics" - Myths and Facts”

  2. “Check out this nightmare of a system China is implementing to use gamification to control populations”

    Shows China using gamification to control populations.

    samstave, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “China Shows How Surveillance Leads to Intimidation and Software Censorship”

  3. “it paints a rather dystopian picture of what's possible when you mix surveillance and gamification.”

    Dystopian picture of surveillance mixed with gamification.

    joeyespo, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “Why privacy is important, and having “nothing to hide” is irrelevant”

  4. “most easily-engaged piece I've seen on implications of social credit”

    Most easily-engaged piece on implications of social credit.

    heroprotagonist, 2017-11 · Recommendation · in “Tencent’s Just Getting Started on Online Advertising”

  5. “It's 7.5 minutes long, and well worth the watch”

    Short game-design take on Sesame Credit as gamified obedience.

    maltalex, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “Inside China's Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking”

  6. “a great primer, and even if you know all about it, it is still great to watch”

    A great primer on Sesame Credit, worth watching even if familiar.

    hagbardceline, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI”

  7. “I recommend watching”

    Covers gamification and social pressure side rarely discussed elsewhere.

    viraptor, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “China’s experiment in ranking and monitoring citizens has started”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: sesame credit, social credit, gamification, surveillance, china

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