Playground as Factory - Revision history

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	===Definition===		===Definition===
	Playground as factory is the idea that one gives up information through play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.		Playground as factory is the idea that one gives up information through play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.

			In November 2009, Trebor Scholz organized a conference called “The Internet as Playground and Factory” at Eugene Lang College of the New School in New York.<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref> The idea of the conference was to examine the voluntary and involuntary labor conditions of the web. Much of one’s physical experiences can now be managed through the web. Airline tickets can be booked, bus schedules secured, and stocks traded. Shifting these turned into factories of their own experience. Food review sites such as Yelp! are created through work so that visitors can experience situations of play. Once the individual understands that they have more control in planning an enjoyable situation for their future self to live in, they are more willing to put work in beforehand.

			The term Stigmergy was first used by French biologist Pierre-Paul Grassé in 1959 <ref>Grasse, P.P. La reconstruction du nid et les coordinations inter-individuelles chez Bellicosi-termes natalensis et Cubitermes sp. La theorie de la stigmergie: Essai d'interpretation des termites constructeurs. In Ins. Soc., 6, 41-83. 1959.</ref> to refer to termite behavior. He defined Stigmergy as the “Stimulation of workers by the performance they have achieved”.<ref>Bonabeau, E. "Editor's Introduction: Stigmergy." Special issue of Artificial Life on Stigmergy. Volume 5, Issue 2 / Spring 1999, p.95-96.</ref> Every click on a website is a form of work, a form of labor. Opening an E-mail is a stimulating experience, a reward for the performance of the individual. In some cases, the information is the reward, but it is the action that is the most rewarding. The action of clicking to receive stimulation is reinforced over time, causing more clicks and more voluntary contribution. Facebook is an example of a stimulating architecture that uses Stigmergy to increase worker involvement. For most, Facebook is an entertainment platform or playground. But in play there is work. A playful environment increases contribution and reinforces the idea of a voluntary socieinformation society.

	For example, Foursquare awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.		For example, Foursquare awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.

	Playground as Factory is also the title of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference's objective is to explore the nature of interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being"<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref>. Fundamentally, the conference asks what we as humans are doing to ourselves.

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	Playground as factory is the idea that one gives up information through play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.		Playground as factory is the idea that one gives up information through play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.

	~~===Examples===~~		For example, Foursquare awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.
	Foursquare~~, which~~ awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.

	~~===Conference on Playground As Factory===~~		Playground as Factory is also the title of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference's objective is to explore the nature of interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being"<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref>. Fundamentally, the conference asks what we as humans are doing to ourselves.
	Playground as Factory is the title of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference's objective is to explore the nature of interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being"<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref>. Fundamentally, the conference asks what we as humans are doing to ourselves..

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	===Conference on Playground As Factory===		===Conference on Playground As Factory===
	Playground as Factory is the title of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference's objective is to explore the nature of interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being"~~. Fundamentally, the conference asks what we as humans are doing to ourselves.~~<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref>.		Playground as Factory is the title of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference's objective is to explore the nature of interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being"<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref>. Fundamentally, the conference asks what we as humans are doing to ourselves..

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	Foursquare, which awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.		Foursquare, which awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.

	===Conference on ~~Internet as~~ Playground ~~and~~ Factory===		===Conference on Playground As Factory===
	~~The~~ title of recent conference on digital labor.		Playground as Factory is the title of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference's objective is to explore the nature of interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being". Fundamentally, the conference asks what we as humans are doing to ourselves.<ref>Scholz, Trebor. The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor. Eugene Lang College. The New School. New York. Nov 12-14, 2010. Accessed 15 Apr 2011. http://digitallabor.org/</ref>.

	~~====Conference Abstract====~~
	~~<blockquote>"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media~~. The ~~purpose of this~~ conference is to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century. In the 1950s television began to establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently, communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing with -- and through-- their computers. They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix, and upload and from all of this attention and all of their labor, corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create the products and experiences, which they then consume. What is the nature of ~~this~~ interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being~~? What~~ are we doing to ourselves?" <ref>http://digitallabor.org/</ref>. ~~</blockquote>~~

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	<blockquote>Work should be like play. Playgrounds are set in a way so that the consequences for trying something and making a mistake are low. -- [[David Merrill]]</blockquote>		<blockquote>Work should be like play. Playgrounds are set in a way so that the consequences for trying something and making a mistake are low. -- [[David Merrill]]</blockquote>

			<blockquote>All work is simply badly designed game play. - PatrickMeier. </blockquote>

	===Definition===		===Definition===
	~~The~~ idea that one gives up information ~~though~~ play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.		Playground as factory is the idea that one gives up information through play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.

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	===Definition===		===Definition===
	The ~~Internet is both Playground~~ and ~~Factory~~ is the ~~name~~ of ~~a recent conference on digital labor~~. ~~The conference abstract is thus:~~		The idea that one gives up information though play, and that game mechanics get people to give away information or provide information to a system. This playground becomes a hidden factory. Underneath is real work, but on top rides the feeling of play.

	~~<blockquote>"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy~~, ~~labor~~, and ~~life related to digital media~~. ~~The purpose~~ of ~~this conference~~ is ~~to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since~~ the ~~mid-century~~. In the ~~1950s television began~~ to ~~establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently~~, ~~communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing~~ with -- and ~~through-- their computers~~. ~~They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix~~, and ~~upload~~ and ~~from all of this attention and all of their labor~~, ~~corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create~~ the ~~products and experiences~~, ~~which they then consume. What is~~ the ~~nature~~ of ~~this interactive ‘labor’ and~~ the ~~new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? What are we doing~~ to ~~ourselves?"<ref>[http://digitallabor.org/ Definition~~ of ~~Playground and Factory from DigitalLabor.org]</ref>~~.~~</blockquote>~~		===Examples===
			Foursquare, which awards points to users who check into a place, and more points for users who create a place. Creating a place is technically a data entry task, but the addition of points makes the task into an experience that is rewarding for the user. When the points one user has accumulated is constantly compared to others, it becomes a digital playground with competitive elements and playful behavior. In this way, a seemingly dull and repetitive task becomes incentivized and even sought out, as the place database becomes increasingly populated, the amount of new territory, as well as the chance to earn a higher level of points, decreases.

	===~~See Also~~===		===Conference on Internet as Playground and Factory===
	~~[[Farmville]]~~		The title of recent conference on digital labor.
	~~[[Foursquare]]~~

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			<blockquote>"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media. The purpose of this conference is to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century. In the 1950s television began to establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently, communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing with -- and through-- their computers. They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix, and upload and from all of this attention and all of their labor, corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create the products and experiences, which they then consume. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? What are we doing to ourselves?" <ref>http://digitallabor.org/</ref>. </blockquote>

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	===~~History~~===		===Definition===
	The Internet is both Playground and Factory~~. It~~ is ~~also~~ the name of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference abstract is thus:		The Internet is both Playground and Factory is the name of a recent conference on digital labor. The conference abstract is thus:

	"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media. The purpose of this conference is to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century. In the 1950s television began to establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently, communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing with -- and through-- their computers. They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix, and upload and from all of this attention and all of their labor, corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create the products and experiences, which they then consume. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? What are we doing to ourselves?"<ref>[http://digitallabor.org/ Definition of Playground and Factory from DigitalLabor.org]</ref>.		<blockquote>"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media. The purpose of this conference is to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century. In the 1950s television began to establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently, communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing with -- and through-- their computers. They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix, and upload and from all of this attention and all of their labor, corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create the products and experiences, which they then consume. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? What are we doing to ourselves?"<ref>[http://digitallabor.org/ Definition of Playground and Factory from DigitalLabor.org]</ref>.</blockquote>

			===See Also===
			[[Farmville]]
			[[Foursquare]]

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	"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media. The purpose of this conference is to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century. In the 1950s television began to establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently, communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing with -- and through-- their computers. They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix, and upload and from all of this attention and all of their labor, corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create the products and experiences, which they then consume. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? What are we doing to ourselves?" [http://digitallabor.org/].		"Today we are arguably in the midst of massive transformations in economy, labor, and life related to digital media. The purpose of this conference is to interrogate these dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century. In the 1950s television began to establish commonalities between suburbanites across the United States. Currently, communities that were previously sustained through national newspapers now started to bond over sitcoms. Increasingly people are leaving behind televisions sets in favor of communing with -- and through-- their computers. They blog, comment, procrastinate, refer, network, tease, tag, detag, remix, and upload and from all of this attention and all of their labor, corporations expropriate value. Guests in the virtual world Second Life even co-create the products and experiences, which they then consume. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being? What are we doing to ourselves?"<ref>[http://digitallabor.org/ Definition of Playground and Factory from DigitalLabor.org]</ref>.

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