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May 8

Why does Taobao pay people to shake their phones?

As an aside to a proposal at WP:VPR, a user mentioned that "Taobao gives out roughly 10-50 cents for free every day in their 一起摇现金 promotion, where the user can shake their phone daily and get this small amount". Why? What does Taobao get out of paying people to shake their phones? (I asked the user, but he didn't know.) -sche (talk) 05:09, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I guess it's about providing evidence that you use a certain app daily (exposing yourself to ads and stuff). If they just require you to open the app and tap something then you might get another app which fakes using the first app. If the registration of shaking is closely tied to the hardware and operating system then it may be harder to fake for an app. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:40, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

It's part of what is known as gamification of e-commerce; as explained in the Play games, win dopamine section of this article: A lot of consumption and even labor, when gamified, can pretend it is not what it actually is [...] This helps the users forget that they are consuming, instead believing they are playing. The article only mentions the "Shake Your Phone" (and win win bags of coins) promotion in passing, but details the psycological and neurological effect of gamification in general. The "Shake your phone" seems to me like an initial step to increase user engagement in gamified activity. --136.56.52.157 (talk) 05:57, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

In short: shaking one's phone and winning something is a simple (and clever) way of triggering a consumer's reward system, thus making them feel good about Taobao This is probably cheaper and more effective in the long run than an ad campaign. 136.56.52.157 (talk) 06:54, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Looking for an article on the Carol Burnett/Trump civil case

I tried to look for an article on the Carol Burnett/Trump civil case here on Wikipedia, but found none. Could anyone help me find it? Perhaps it does not warrant an article? Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 12:50, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I can't even find information on any civil case between Carol Burnett and Trump outside of Wikipedia. Perhaps you misremembered something? --Jayron32 14:51, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Funny, Google got "About 3 320 000 results" Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

It's mentioned in National Enquirer. No, probably doesn't warrant an article. I don't know why Jayron didn't find other references; searching for their two names and the name of the tabloid finds plenty of mentions of the 1981 case. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

That article doesn't mention Trump at all. That's probably why I didn't find it. --Jayron32 14:57, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

yeah, and I might have not read the google hits well enough. So maybe I'll shut up on that part! --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:59, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I spelled it wrongly, please forget this question :) Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 21:27, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I guess they weren't so glad they had that time together after all. 2601:644:8500:B770:0:0:0:BD59 (talk) 03:26, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Did anyone survive the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia?

There are many notable Holocaust survivors, but are there any survivors to the Ustaše Genocide? 95.144.204.68 (talk) 14:42, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes, the article explains it several places. Some of the Serbs were expelled, while others were allowed to remain following a conversion to Catholicism. --Jayron32 14:49, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Oh well thanks for your answer. 95.144.204.68 (talk) 15:03, 8 May 2023 (UTC)