5 tweets · July 2021 · 33 likes · 1 retweets · read on Twitter
a @CompliceGoals user wants the app to have better support for backlogs, which goes against the whole anti-staleness philosophy but it has me musing... what about a backlogs feature where each item costs 50¢/day to keep? It forces asking "what's worth it?"
This would potentially be bad, since users would put stuff in there but then still not do them then feel guilty and grumpy at Complice for taking their money. Overt incentives aren't always a match for emotional complexity!
It might also lead to people completing old things that were bad ideas, to remain consistent with having paid $X to keep it around.
Might be slightly better if instead of a flat rate it charged more for each item. Backlog: - first item free - 2nd item 25¢/day - 3rd item 50¢/day - 4th item $1/day - 5th item $2/day - 6th item $4/day ....oh! Or it could increase not per length but based on number of days!
I really do like the idea of a backlog that costs money though. It makes the burden of carrying old stale tasks more vivid. It confronts you with the question of whether it's worth continuing to try to do something you've been putting off.