Extra Credits: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits", 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 HN recommenders 6 months 2015–2018explainerHN commenters use it as a short, accessible primer on social credit and surveillance-driven gamification, linking it in many privacy and China threads.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2018–2021explainerHN uses it as a short explanation of AAA pricing economics in discussions of microtransactions and game pricing.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2015–2019explainerHN points to it as a short source on operant conditioning in games, loot boxes and engagement loops, with design alternatives.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2020explainerCited in game-economy threads as a clear explanation of why vendor-sellable loot causes hyperinflation and how designers counter it.
Questions
Which Extra Credits video does Hacker News recommend most?
Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits: recommended in 6 different months by 7 HN users between 2015 and 2018.
Is this every Extra Credits video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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