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From: Adam Mathes
Date: Oct 30, 2007 7:10 PM
To: Ben Brown
Subject: Fwd: consumating popularity
Why don't you publish this email to your blog where you pretend to know about community and shit by talking about points!
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From: Ben Brown
Date: Apr 14, 2005 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: consumating popularity
To: Adam Mathes
Nope. Popularity is key. Its like highschool. People love it. In fact, I was thinking of adding a little "Your popularity score" thing in the corner.
It adds to the game-like aspects of the site. People want to know where they stand, and trying to become more popular encourages repeat visits.
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Adam Mathes wrote:
we should really get rid of the popularity stats -- that was an uber personals thing and i'm not sure it makes sense for consumating
what do you think?
