Basically, I think a good way to encourage members of the site to read more political theory would be to put some kind of marker on their profile or next to their name that shows how much and what kinds of political theory they have read. I also hope this would have the secondary effect of allowing lurkers who see disagreements to get a better feel of which side has a stronger basis for their position.

Maybe something simple like marking which accounts participate in the weekly reading series, and make it a riff on challenge coins or something.

Edit: I should specify that it would be awarded to people that are participating in discussion groups and such as a way to signify who is involved in the education side of the community.

Edit 2: Fuck It, I have been convinced that this is a bad idea. Instead how about a weekly what are you reading thread?

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    There's something very ironic about a leftist trying to gamify reading theory with badges to encourage better political conversations. Maybe if I read more theory I'd be able to put it into words :thonk:

    • TheGreenOx [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm just trying to spitball ideas on how to get users to read and listen to the stuff our beliefs are built on. Gamification is not ideal, but its the only thing I can come up with at the moment.