Addicted to scores

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  1. shibashake profile image82
    shibashakeposted 15 years ago

    I was playing around with Yahoo! answers this morning, and suddenly I got a "Best answer"! Wow that's 10 points. I got so excited, I answered another 10 questions right away smile Then I thought to myself, jeez I am really addicted to scores. What is it with those numbers that makes us do all sorts of things just to push it up a bit higher?!

    I suppose it gives us a clear sense of achievement. We can say "today I earned 10 points" whereas progress in real-life is often times less clear and less frequent. It probably also gives us a self-esteem boost. Part of it is probably cultural too.

    What do you think? Are you addicted to scores too?

  2. Inspirepub profile image71
    Inspirepubposted 15 years ago

    I used to be, but my HubPages personal score was just too hard to influence, so I went cold turkey and I actually don't look at it any more.

    I still get excited about page views on Analytics, and earnings on Adsense, though, if they jump up unexpectedly.

  3. DJ Funktual profile image75
    DJ Funktualposted 15 years ago

    I used to go crazy about why i couldn't get a score over 90 on any of my hubs but when you see the ones that get 100 that are lame, you quickly realize it's a losing battle.  Hubscore?  Who cares?  it changes hourly.

  4. Mark Knowles profile image57
    Mark Knowlesposted 15 years ago

    I used to be also. But more from curiosity - what do I have to do to have a personal hubscore of 100? OK, now I know, so I lost interest smile

  5. relache profile image72
    relacheposted 15 years ago

    Since scores don't relate to earnings, I don't worry about scores.

  6. PetMemorialWorld profile image80
    PetMemorialWorldposted 15 years ago

    I think its the drive to be #1  ... top dog always gets all the girls  big_smile

  7. compu-smart profile image89
    compu-smartposted 15 years ago

    I used to worry about my hubber score, but now Im addicted to small little red triangles!!smile

    RE-Yahoo answers, getting a best score and 10 points is very good, mainly for when that question gets asked via search engine, your answer will appear on the first page, depending on how the phrase is worded! and when people view the page, they will usually view and listen to the first and  best answer and click a link of yours if you have placed there which is all good and worth being happy about!smile

    1. shibashake profile image82
      shibashakeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Yup yup, definitely agree with you on this. Participating in Yahoo Answers is a good way to get your articles out there and help people along the way. The score and levelling system there is also fun for a RPG junkie like me.

  8. topstuff profile image61
    topstuffposted 15 years ago

    Scores are just to buid a competition among hubbers  to keep us activated and always motivated to provide more and more quality content to see the scores going up.

  9. vietnamese profile image68
    vietnameseposted 15 years ago

    I think everyone starting out addicted to points and scores. Then, after awhile they realize that's impossible to keep up so points are just a bunch of numbers (unless it is a low one....heeheheee). You will definitely boost your score if you actively involve in this site. But of course we don't always have that kind of time.

 
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