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

Why HN readers recommended 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.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Extra Credits

Topic

sesame credit and social scoring

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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• > anti-free-basics mindset Ahh, the usual attempt to create factions. > Facebook isn't stopping anyone from providing internet access anywhere. The very idea of "free basics" is about normalizing the idea that Facebook can prevent who people can access. Yes, other providers already exist (removing …

• Check out this nightmare of a system China is implementing to use gamification to control populations: [VIDEO]

• I'm sure there are more direct examples, but I watched a video about Sesame Credit recently and it paints a rather dystopian picture of what's possible when you mix surveillance and gamification. [VIDEO]