Comment on Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?

ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We have very different understandings of what a Skinner box is, and I don’t think achievements count.

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  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Variable timed “rewards” which trick your brain into performing repetitive tasks for longer than you normally would? Achievements definitely count.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They tell you exactly what rewards you with them in most cases. They’re finite and not random. They’re hard coded and easily searchable. The point of a Skinner box is that the mouse doesn’t know when the next reward comes. I’m not prepared to say “most” definitively, but at least many achievements don’t require any repetition and are given out for one bespoke action exactly one time, often just as checkpoints for how far you made it into a story.

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