Friendly challenges
Decide when a leaderboard is the wrong tool
A group is comparing activities with unequal personal constraints. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
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Friendly challenges
Review a challenge without rewarding overreporting
An organizer notices unusually high scores. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Create a kindness challenge with privacy
Friends record optional helpful actions. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Run a small sustainability habit challenge
Participants record a chosen reusable-item habit. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Use a challenge for collective progress
Friends want a shared goal instead of a winner. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Close a challenge at the agreed time
Participants need a stable finish for the activity. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Handle ties on a friendly leaderboard
Several people end with the same score. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Design a photo-free community challenge
Participants join an activity without uploading evidence. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Create a practice challenge for a remote team
Colleagues voluntarily log a learning activity. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Run a digital wellbeing reflection challenge
Friends record self-chosen offline sessions. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
Friendly challenges
Keep a challenge welcoming to beginners
Experienced and new participants share one activity. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.
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Handle a mistaken score entry
Someone accidentally records an extra zero. Learn how to handle the constraints, collect useful responses and follow through without overpromising.