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The most useless leaderboard ever
Apr. 29th, 2026 09:51 amIn addition to streaks, Coursera just added leaderboards, LMAO.
You are automatically added to newbies board, but you can also join other boards, according to your specializations / interests. But what's the point? You can't actually connect to fellow learners as you can't see their profiles, and can't interact with them in any way. Your nickname is automatically generated and you can't edit it (the hell I am Gentle Koala... Crazy Cat would be more like it ;) and it's even different on different computers. You don't get any bonuses (in-game coins, avatars, certificates etc) for the leaderboards, and neither for the streak.
Surely Coursera has access to many gamification experts, why can't they do it professionally?
You are automatically added to newbies board, but you can also join other boards, according to your specializations / interests. But what's the point? You can't actually connect to fellow learners as you can't see their profiles, and can't interact with them in any way. Your nickname is automatically generated and you can't edit it (the hell I am Gentle Koala... Crazy Cat would be more like it ;) and it's even different on different computers. You don't get any bonuses (in-game coins, avatars, certificates etc) for the leaderboards, and neither for the streak.
Surely Coursera has access to many gamification experts, why can't they do it professionally?
