Should PM.com increase gamification to engage more people?

Getting more people participating is one thing.

Need to keep them participating. Many have contributed for a while then stop.

Maybe some badge that represent contribution in a given time frame. So you gain the badge and if your not active for a duration you may loss it. Like a moving average.

Gamification can initially encourage people to participate, but only to a point. What keeps people participating is receiving a material benefit. For example, on ProjectManagement.com getting new badges or watching our Influence Score rise is initially fun, but it soon becomes apparent these have no real-world benefit (our pay doesn’t increase, we don’t get access to special areas on the site, etc.) Therefore, why would someone want to continue expending energy on something that is clearly meaningless?
Electronic games keep people returning because they offer rewards that give practical benefits - better weapons, equipment and access to increasingly skilled players as one’s own skill increases are tangible rewards for participation. In contrast, gamification in the business world usually gives only empty rewards. If we change this fact, I’m sure gamification can have much more impact in a business environment.

I think adding game elements can help to produce more ideas during brainstorming and engage in more discussions, without negatively affecting idea quality. Moreover people are always motivated to participate in innovation if that change will affect them personally. So by adding gamification elements to projects, the employee may see that they’re part of a bigger community.

Sante you idea is thought provoking, Yes more people have to be engage but what if after doing all this people may attract. As many of our cleagues have suggested that diverse gamificaiton is already exists on site.

It seems to me that opting for too much gamification can have an adverse effect