Michael Wu, Ph.D. is Lithium's Principal Scientist of Analytics, digging into the complex dynamics of social interaction and group behavior in online communities and social networks.
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Hello Michael,
Again, an interesting article. Thanks for that! I was wondering though. With scoring points don't people satify in some way basic needs, like self esteem ('look at me scoring these points!' or 'I can't be that loser, losing points!')? I am reading a book about the brain and I think it is a really interesting discussion about what is done conciously and unconciously; aren't all behaviours stimulated by basic needs even though we are not always aware? Well, maybe it goes too far to discuss this here, but it is interesting to think about that. Thanks again.
Anne