The non-payoff questions aren't on average easier (I don't think), but there are so many more of them that it's simple to find plenty that are easier.
But this means I only answer a tiny proportion of the non-payoffs, and ignore many that I might think "fun". So although motivation certainly does remain, it's very narrowly targeted, and the large majority of non-payoff questions1 will be ignored by experienced users. Maybe they have a way of spinning that to their customers.
1 One thing I haven't mentioned is that a lot of these questions are framed in ways that make it unlikely even a skilled contestant will have much chance of getting the right answer, so I avoid them automatically. Presumably they were hoping that the standard of framing (in the sense of people framing questions of the sorts that they themselves would like to answer) would rise as users became more experienced, but this doesn't seem to be happening.
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Date: 2008-05-19 08:16 am (UTC)But this means I only answer a tiny proportion of the non-payoffs, and ignore many that I might think "fun". So although motivation certainly does remain, it's very narrowly targeted, and the large majority of non-payoff questions1 will be ignored by experienced users. Maybe they have a way of spinning that to their customers.
1 One thing I haven't mentioned is that a lot of these questions are framed in ways that make it unlikely even a skilled contestant will have much chance of getting the right answer, so I avoid them automatically. Presumably they were hoping that the standard of framing (in the sense of people framing questions of the sorts that they themselves would like to answer) would rise as users became more experienced, but this doesn't seem to be happening.