gamification
Ranking users
Problem
Users quickly lose motivation to continue using the application.
Solution
Ranking users a public scale according to their achievements encourages users to use the application more frequently in order to improve their score and more successfully compete with other players. Social comparison with other users is proven to be effective in fostering sustainable behaviors. Pattern can be used in mobile or web applications.
Connected patterns
Monitoring progress and token consumption is a similar pattern with the difference of only focusing on a single user. A connected pattern is also Rewarding users with points, which can be used as a basis for their ranking.
Literature
Scuri, G. Tasheva, L. Barros, and N. J. Nunes, “An HCI Perspective on Distributed Ledger Technologies for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2019, vol. 11748 LNCS, pp. 91–111.
Additional example - Actifit
