Piano stairs - TheFunTheory.com - Rolighetsteorin.se

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The Fun Theory's piano stairs, in which a subway staircase is turned into a working piano keyboard to see if people choose the stairs over the escalator when it's fun. The video shows commuters playing notes as they climb.

HN people use it as the standard example of changing behaviour by making the desired choice fun, especially in gamification threads.

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@JoshTriplett2014 · in “Piano stairs”
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@ck22014 · in “Speed Camera Lottery pays drivers for slowing down (gamification)”
Also fascinating to watch ▶ this video
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@iamelgringo2009 · in “Fun Theory”
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@dan_sim2009 · in “Can we get more people to choose the stairs by making it fun?”
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@JoshTriplett2014 · in “The Dancing Traffic Light [video]”
Reminds me of the musical staircase: ▶ this video
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@Matti2009 · in “"Turn a recycling bottle bank into an arcade game and guess what happens...."”
Piano Stairs: ▶ this video The world's deepest bin: link