Sesame Credit and the Dangers of Gamification
Extra Credits · Explainer · 8 min · 2015 · YouTube title: Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits
Why it's here
HN commenters use it as a short, accessible primer on social credit and surveillance-driven gamification, linking it in many privacy and China threads.
What it covers
An Extra Credits episode on China's Sesame Credit, which gamifies obedient citizenship through a social score. It covers how the system rewards conformity and pressures people through their friends' behavior.