I didn't feel like XP was a good idea either. I mean other sites are doing just fine without it and that's awesome.
However, the leveling system rewards the persons who are more active. It makes you want to participate more, and it gives less power to random trolls who are only looking to disrupt the atmosphere.
Gamification increases engagement, question is will the content quality keep up as more people join. Reputation should stifle the grinders who output low quality posts.
I didn't feel like XP was a good idea either. I mean other sites are doing just fine without it and that's awesome.
However, the leveling system rewards the persons who are more active. It makes you want to participate more, and it gives less power to random trolls who are only looking to disrupt the atmosphere.
Gamification increases engagement, question is will the content quality keep up as more people join. Reputation should stifle the grinders who output low quality posts.