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Increase Your User Activity with Points, Badges and Status
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about strategies for engaging your visitors. In it, I expanded on four different techniques to keep visitors to your website engaged and active. One of the strategies was using virtual rewards and status — also known as game mechanics (or funware) — to increase website engagement.
Websites and applications like FourSquare, StackOverflow and Farmville all use game mechanics to attract and retain users. Even not-so-obvious websites like eBay and Yelp! have aspects of game mechanics baked in to the functionality.
Game mechanics is a piece of the website engagement puzzle, providing an incentive to become an active participant when there is no direct, tangible benefit for doing so.
Why Should You Care About Game Mechanics?
Sounds like a gimmick, right? Kind of like the cheap toys they put in cereal boxes or the t-shirts that credit card companies give out to convince you to sign up for a new card.
While it may seem that way at first glance, game mechanics have clear business benefits behind them and oftentimes generate a significant return on investment.
Grow Traffic and Active Users
People talk about things that are different and interesting. Game mechanics create something worth discussing and engaging with.
FourSquare could have just chosen to be a location-based app to find your friends, instead the service introduced a competitive system of badges and status. Probably part of the reason they have been adding up to 10,000 users a day.
Increase Website Activity and Stickiness
Whenever there are points, rewards or status involved, people are going to pay attention. Sometimes it may seem silly, but providing simple incentives can go a long way towards creating an active environment.
Like any game, it can also be addicting, providing users with an incentive to come back.
Cheaper Than a Traditional Loyalty Program
Adding game mechanics to your website is often less expensive to implement and run than developing a full-fledged loyalty program. The system is automatic: it runs itself and minimizes administration costs.
On top of all that, why give out cash or prizes when most users are happy with virtual rewards?
Improve User Satisfaction
Let's be honest, some websites are just plain boring. Games, competition and rewards provide an added edge which keep people interested.
It's also good, positive marketing. Most people relate better to companies who aren't all "business". Fun and games expose your human side and even create trust.
All of these things, traffic growth, increased activity, reduced expenses and improved satisfaction lead to one thing: more revenue.
How Can You Introduce Game Mechanics on Your Website?
So hopefully I've convinced you that there can be some real, tangible value behind game mechanics.
The next step is figuring out how you can introduce it on your website. Unfortunately, given the wide range of websites out there, I probably won't be able to speak to your specific situation, but by providing some examples and techniques, I hope it will at least inspire some new ideas.
I also believe that the principles and techniques behind all of the examples can be applied in a variety of ways and be effective on any website.
Examples of Websites that Use Game Mechanics
Here are some examples of sites that have some sort of game mechanics for user engagement and community-building.
Concept Feedback
The Problem: Getting web designers and developers to actively provide valuable feedback on other websites.
The Solution: Offer points and rank for reviewing, voting and engaging with the site.
Concept Feedback is a website review community I developed for web designers and developers. Members can sign up for free and share feedback on other websites, as well as get feedback on their own.
In order to create an incentive for members to offer free advice, we started awarding points for various actions. Points can be earned actively by submitting or commenting on a review, voting or completing a profile. Points can also be earned passively by having others vote up your reviews or add your concept to their favorites.
Certain actions are worth more points than others. For example, having someone vote up your review is worth more points than voting up a review on your own.
Each activity has a set point value, and we let our users see a running history of their total and how many points each activity contributed to their total score.
Once we had a solid point system running, we started ranking each member on a 10-level scale, ranging from "Newbie" to "Elite".
Rank is determined by an algorithm based on a member's point total and a few other factors.
By tagging each member with a rank, users posting a website can better judge which reviews are the most valuable.
We've found that rank creates an environment of friendly competition that leads to more site activity and reviews.
Rank also gives us a tool to filter our best members, not just those who are most active, but the highest quality members, providing a new way for us to monetize our community.
Stack Overflow
The Problem: Getting programmers to quickly answer programming-related questions posted by other users.
The Solution: Award virtual badges for desired behaviors.
Stack Overflow (which I admit, was a big influence behind Concept Feedback), a question and answer website for programmers, has implemented an excellent game mechanics system.
Like Concept Feedback, Stack Overflow awards points (called "reputation") to members for participating.
How their system works, including which activities earn how many points, is broken down nicely in their FAQ. Stack Overflow has put a number of rules in place to ensure people are not abusing the system, which is run by the users and based entirely on trust (similar to Wikipedia).
The reputation system allows Stack Overflow to be self-sustaining and self-moderated.
In addition to the reputation system, Stack Overflow awards badges. Badges are awarded for specific actions such as the "Fanatic" badge for visiting the site each day for 100 consecutive days.
Each badge is categorized as gold, silver or bronze, with gold badges being the most difficult to earn.
Many Stack Overflow users have thousands of reputation points and hundreds of badges, and with well over 1 million unique visitors each month, they must be doing something right.
The Problem: Getting users to try the software and share it with friends.
The Solution: Offer additional storage space for finishing certain tasks.
Dropbox — software for syncing your files online and across multiple computers — uses game mechanics to encourage users to try their product and share it with friends.
By completing a checklist of tasks (like uploading a file or completing the product tour), users are given additional storage space for free.
The checklist is easy to understand, fun to use, and for those of you who are type-A (like me), impossible not to complete.
For web applications, this model is a great way to encourage product use and word of mouth without being overbearing.
By offering an incentive, a fair value exchange (you finish these tasks, we give you free storage) is created, which makes people more likely to participate.
The Problem: Getting consumers to provide in-depth, interesting reviews on local businesses.
The Solution: Creating a status symbol to encourage participation and brand evangelism.
Yelp, for those of you not familiar, is a business review community with millions of users and reviews. Each member has a profile, which includes the number of reviews posted, how many "friends" you have, how many times you've been the first to review a business and whether your reviews are funny, useful or cool, among other things.
Every activity is tracked with the intention of creating a more integrated and personal community.
The essence of Yelp! is in its community and in providing easy ways to engage with others on the site is what keeps people engaged and active.
Without some kind of interaction, most reviewers would lose interest.
To take it a step further, Yelp! capitalized on its most dedicated users by allowing them to apply for the Yelp! Elite Squad. This is not much more than an extra profile icon, but it creates a passionate group of brand evangelists who not only provide excellent reviews (for free!), but tell others about your service and how great it is.
Yelp! has successfully been able to leverage status to act as an engine for generating more content and encouraging word of mouth.
Additional Websites and Applications Using Game Mechanics
Hopefully you've been inspired by one of these examples to try using game mechanics on your own website. If you still haven't found something that applies to your specific situation, check out some of the websites below. Each site incorporates some aspect of game mechanics.
- FourSquare
- MyTown
- Inkling Markets
- Think Vitamin Blog (see Top Commenters)
- Farmville
- Gowalla
More Resources on Game Mechanics
- Top 5 Ways to Make Your Site More Fun
- Funwares Threat to The Traditional Video Game Industry
- Using Game Mechanics to Engage, Motivate and Thrill Communities
- Two Powerful Marketing Tips for Your Website or App
Is there a website you love that uses game mechanics well (there are plenty more), or perhaps something you've been doing on your own website to encourage participation? Please share it in the comments below!
Related Content
- The Future of User Interfaces
- Best Practices for Hints and Validation in Web Forms
- Convincing Your Clients to Use Open Platforms
- Related categories: Content Strategy and Web Design
About the Author
This was published on Jun 10, 2010
28 Comments
Sakis S. Jun 10 2010
Superb article! Very helpful and inspiring!
Jordan Walker Jun 10 2010
Truly remarkable how such a small icon can have a profound effect on human emotion.
Levinson & Axelrod Jun 10 2010
It was interesting reading about game mechanics. Thanks for the introduction.
Axelrod Jun 10 2010
It was interesting reading about game mechanics. Thanks a lot for the introduction.
Tschai Jun 10 2010
Like (almost) every Web 2.0 feature…this also was implemented (default) years ago in all forumsoftware as status/ranks.
It really does help…a bit.
Paul Jun 10 2010
I wonder if this can be done on a wordpress website
alan Jun 10 2010
This definitely would make an interesting plug-in idea for WordPress Paul.
Anyone know of any blogs using a system like this yet?
Jason Jun 10 2010
@Paul, exactly… someone needs to write a "badge" plugin…
Ken Jun 10 2010
Some great points Andrew and terrific overview – thank you!
Paul, Alan, Jason, check out http://www.bunchball.com – we have a gamification platform that's made to be quickly and cost-effectively integrated into websites and applications. You can also follow-us for the latest trends:
David Wheatley Jun 11 2010
I love the way Dropbox uses game mechanics to interact with it's users (me being one of them) and encourage people to use their service, it's not done in a over bearing or intrusive way, like i have seen on some other sites.
The implementation of these things can be a little difficult depending on what platform you work on. Currently I've been using WordPress mostly, which does not really have any built in (or plug-in) options, Drupal is great as it has some very good and easy ways to introduce game mechanics such as star ratings. I think it's also worth mentioning Magento – with it's user polls.
Great Article, thanks for posting.
Marko Jun 12 2010
I use Dropbox but hadn't notice the feature — will look for it. LinkedIn's progress bar ("Your Profile is 80% Complete) is a great omnipresent page element that reminds me to further engage with the site features — I think the placement ( / promotion) of this reminder is a key element of success.
I've often wondered whether game mechanics used in the "wrong way" may decrease a newbie's interest in engaging (although wrong for me may be right for someone else). For example, a site that displays heavy users, (with their badges and ranking) prominently across many of it's pages would deter me from registering, as I'm daunted by the amount of time and energy it would take for me to become part of that community.
The Huffington Posts use of badges plays on that line. It's also a little distracting (I'm here to read, but I see there's a competition going on among commenters!). It's potentially useful for me to filter Comments based on ranking (show me heavy site user's comments first), but I don't *trust* the community/badging/ranking enough as a casual user.
I think these subtitles have to be taken into account in order to ward against bandwaggoneering ;)
Ouqz Jun 12 2010
Themeforest has a lot of badges and statuses to earn too.
Ayman Aboulnasr Jun 13 2010
Excellent Article, very well done Andrew.
The analysis was really well done with problems and solutions and different styles of game mechanics techniques were presented.
In fact, it has inspired me to apply the game mechanics concept in one of the projects I'm busy with at the moment.
It's a nice concept to get the users to be more engaged with the website.
Arturs Mednis Jun 13 2010
Any solution for wordpress blogs?
Satya Prakash Jun 14 2010
I like to learn about new term and concept – game mechanics.
Jacob Jun 15 2010
A very interesting article – although as you say, sometimes hard to imagine how we could integrate this into our own sites. The dropbox example is a very good one – I knew they did extra storage based on referrals, I didn't realise they did it for other things too.
Thanks for sharing.
Tristan Kromer Jun 15 2010
Don't forget about OKCupid's game mechanics. They are brilliant. In particular, only showing you a users answers to personal questions when *you* answer the same question.
Ian Goldsmid Jun 15 2010
This is the best article on game mechanics I've seen – and I've been reviewing "everything" about this area for months – thank you !
Valerij Tomarenko Jun 20 2010
Thanks for the article, didn't know about Dropbox.
Dupond Jun 20 2010
Arrgh ! My startup idea is already taken !
Danny Lee Aug 09 2010
Thanks, the article is really great!
Klaus-Peter Wagenfuehr Sep 09 2010
Really great and new to me. Thanks
Craig Sep 18 2010
Very interesting read about game mechanics, and how this can be used to increase user activity. Thanks for the introduction, and this is defintiely a great idea as can be seen by the success of the examples. Will keep this in mind for a future project.
Marco Oct 12 2010
fantastic! amazing… where i can find some cms like your http://www.conceptfeedback.com ??? or how much cost develop this concept for GEO TAG system with reviews points like foursquare.com ? thanks a lot.
Chase Mann Nov 20 2010
Ever thought about writing a plug-in for WordPress? I could see people paying a premium for one. I would with a contest website I'm creating.
Raoulinski Dec 21 2010
Thank you for this really nice article! A good introduction to funware and all this stuff, which was helpful for my study.
cheers and merry christmas days
sarah Feb 24 2011
hi, is there any plugin about points and rewards out there?
Qtronik Webmaster Nov 22 2011
The best of all is the Envato website collection. They implent this badges award on all of ther websites. But i'm searching for soooo long a database design or a algorithm idea for this on professionals devellopper website like: http://conception.developpez.com/ or http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/ noting.
Do Ya guys had allready made a post or tutorial in developing a point system ?


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I was a client at this man establishment and I feel the need to warn other potential users of this service. I began training with a trainer at the gym who was very good for the month I was with him, and I say month due to Any Jeffries and his poor treatment of staff but I will get to that in a moment.
When you look at the price of the gym you expect a very good facility with all of the modern components needed for a good session or variety of sessions. However this is not the case and I felt very over charged by entire pricing system. It was only due to the very good will of my persoanl trainer that he negotiated a price inline with the facilities that was more correct. Please don't allow yourself to be over charged.
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I have been informed by my former trainer that Andrew Jeffries has ignored persistant legal warning to pay full damages, and I myself will support that there needs to be more legal action to recover damages from the business which Andrew Jeffries has put onto my formetrainer was attempting to recover money and damages Andrew Jeffries called the police and was persistently rude to my former trainer. He owed this moneydue to a legal breach of contract. He is dishonest, unprofessional towards clients and treats staff poorly.
I feel passionately that I should speak out against this as my trainer did a really good job for me. If this helps in anyway to help him recover damages or at least make people aware to find a better trainer then I have done my job.
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Yes, absolutely, and the car was taxed. Everything was in order
The 'charges' page mentions only the speeding offence and quotes offence was contrary to section 81(1) of the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
The page relating to the charge of 'using a vehicle without the necessary documents( a driving licence, a test certificate or insurance) does not stipulate any act.
The speeding offence details on page 2 are correct but none of the charge details on page 9 are. The offence I've been charged with on page 9 is not included on page 2 with the speeding charge.
Thanks for your answer but just to clarify I was NOT banned last time as my mitigation was accepted on that occasion, so I couldn't have been charged with driving while disqualified.
Am I to understand that there is no significance to the incorrect charge of driving without documents on the substance of the case as a whole, including the speeding offences?
I do have a court date later this month and will attend but the plea form ONLY mentions the speeding offence and there is no reference there to driving without documents offence on that form and therefore no opportunity to plead on that charge one way or another.
I guess I was hoping that the 'clerical error' of the additional charge might render the whole case invalid. I take it this isn't the case then?


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Before diving into colors, it is important to understand the finish on the lipstick. Cosmetics companies may use different terms, but a few categories apply broadly which Robert Jones breaks downs in his book, Looking Younger. First up is the matte finish. Mattes have no shine or shimmer. The color will fully cover your lips, and because there is very little moisture, they can have a drying effect on your lips. It is unforgiving to chapped lips, so having smooth lips before applying is key. However, the payoff is big if you're looking for a bold color, because all shades of mattes create a rich lip.
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Don't read any. Too many damn ads. I hit this forum and a few others and the internet in general for info.
Hi all. I have recently become addicted to guns and shooting. I have bought a Glock 17 (used) and a M&P 40 (new). Both are awesome guns and I have fired about 1500 rounds or better in the last 6 weeks or so.
My question is as such. What gun mags do you guys read?
A pretty simple question but I think a good one for new guys like me who want to learn more about firearms. I want to find out all I can so that I can be safe with my guns and make great purchases in the future.
So far ones that I have found that I like are:
American Handgunner
Guns and Ammo ( I know a standard )
Combat Handguns
Any others would be appreciated, thanks.
Don't read any. Too many damn ads. I hit this forum and a few others and the internet in general for info.
American Rifleman but only because it comes with my NRA membership. Does have some pretty good articles occasionally.
I think gun magazines can be an "okay" introduction to shooting for a newbie, especially one who doesn't have a shooting mentor to feed him basic info. However, at some point it becomes apparent that the reader knows more than the writers. When I reached that point, I gave up reading them. I think that has probably happened to a lot of guys on the forum.
Three other things about the gun rags:
1. They recycle articles with regularity. Combat Handguns is especially notorious for this, but they all do it to some degree. In 2007 you still see crap like "Auto vs. Revolver Shootout!" and "9mm vs. .45 - Best for Defense?" Stuff like this just isn't subject to much debate among really serious shooters, and hasn't been for, oh, two decades or so. If you read gun rags for more than a couple of years, you will find yourself spending money on recycled material, and I don't mean the paper.
2. They are beholden to their advertisers. They make way more money from advertising than from subscriptions, so you will seldom see an honest review of anything, even a poor product. Everything reviewed will be glowingly stated to be more or less perfection. Look for weasel phrases like "accurate enough for its intended purpose," "the malfunctions weren't attributable to the pistol," and other such garbage. Reading between the lines will tell you a lot.
3. As a corollary of (2), some (though certainly not all) writers are completely for sale. I say that as a guy whose civilian job is in the shooting industry, and I have experienced the prostitution first hand. You'd probably be shocked at the low price charged for a good review. That said, there are still excellent guys like Dave Spaulding writing for gun rags. Any article by Dave, John Taffin and a few others is worth the price of admission. I note that some very excellent writers have dropped out of the gun rag business over the years. I am not sure it's an integrity thing, but I suspect it may be.
Basically, look at the pretty pictures, but take the information in gun magazines with a very large grain of salt.
Thanks for the info. I am pretty much in the position you stated at first, I do not really have anyone to "show me the ropes" so to speak. I like them for general articles and to see what is out there. I do have some friends and a Brother-in-law that know quite a bit about guns, but are not readily available to me. I see stuff in the mags and then ask them or now I will ask on here, as this seems like a great place thus far.
Thanks again and I will keep the salt shaker handy.
Here in the swamp we don't read a lot but the pictures are good to look at. We cut the pictures out of a fancy gun and hang them in the shed. Some of them smiling picture we tack to a tree and at twenty feet we bet on who can part their hair.
I suscribe to Gun's and Ammo and American Rifle (with NRA membership). I'll look at others at the book store and buy one if I find intresting articles.


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Nineteen midshipmen were commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy yesterday at a ceremony on completion of their training at the Bangladesh Naval Academy Parade Ground at Patenga in Chittagong.
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam attended the Summer Graduation President Parade, which was organised to mark the commissioning of Midshipmen 2006 'Bravo' batch.
The naval chief reviewed the smartly turned-out parade as the chief guest and took salute at the impressive march past.
The naval chief said Bangladesh Navy emerged as an important force over the years by protecting the geographical location of the country, checking piracy and safeguarding resources in the vast sea region.
"I, on this august moment, urge you all to be honest, discharge duties with sincerity and remain vigilant to protect the country's sovereignty," he told the newly commissioned officers.
He also called on them to build a corruption-free society, giving priority to national interest than that of individual one.
Midshipman Kazi Sakur Mahmud was adjudged the best all-round midshipman of the course and awarded the coveted "Sword of Honour" and also the CNS Gold Medal and Osmani Gold Medal for his outstanding performance in professional and academic subjects respectively.
Currently 16 foreign cadets -- 12 from Palestine and two each from Qatar and the Maldives -- are now being trained at the academy, which came into being in 1976. Some of them also took part in yesterday's parade.
The academy also earned fame outside the country by training cadets from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Nigeria.
Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of Naval Headquarters Commodore Commanding Chittagong M Nasir, Commandant BNA Captain M Mozammel Haque, diplomats, high civil and military officials, parents and guardians of the midshipmen and cadets were present on the occasion.
Nineteen midshipmen were commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy yesterday at a ceremony on completion of their training at the Bangladesh Naval Academy Parade Ground at Patenga in Chittagong.


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Though Spotify isn't getting rave reviews with their recent Facebook partnership, it seems like they're on the good side of the whole music industry.
Piracy has always been a pain in the ass of everyone in the music and movie industry, as their revenue surplus continues to decline and people continue to keep buying bootleg copies and downloading unauthorized copies of their work.
When Spotify launched in the US, it was immediately slapped with a lawsuit from PacketVideo Corp. for infringement of its United States Patent No. 5,636,276 entitled "Device for the Distribution of Music in Digital Form." Spotify contested the claim and nothing was heard from PacketVideo regarding the issue again.
A recent report showed that since 2009, music piracy significantly dropped by 25% in Sweden now that users can listen to all the music they want for free though they have to put up with the occasional display ads or they opt to pay a small price to enjoy an ad-free music experience.
Since Spotify opened publicly in 2009, it only took three months for Spotify users to outnumber music pirates.
"The long-term trend is a sharp increase in legal streaming while we see a reduction in illegal file sharing and downloading," Music Sweden's CEO Elizabet Widlund said commenting on the results.
And as music streaming services continue to flourish, it only shows that consumers are willing to pay a small amount to get quality music rather than illegally download copies of the tunes they like. The growth in users of such services can also be connected to the growth in the demand for personal cloud. People don't want too much clutter occupying space on their computers or devices so cloud music services are great space savers. Also, as they are cloud-based, you listen to all your favorite music in all your connected devices without having to sync or connect them with a USB cable or via Bluetooth.
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HUTCHINSON,KS (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College lost their first and last game at the national junior college basketball tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas this week. The Sea Devils lost to Western Wyoming Saturday afternoon 83-69. Out of 16 teams in the tournament CFCC finished 8th. CFCC finishes the season with a 26-9 overall record. Until this week public schools from North Carolina participating in this tournament were winless. This week alone CFCC won twice…
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I had recently seen the Pilot Metropolitan pop up on JetPens but noticed that most of the color options had sold out immediately. Then I heard Brad of The Pen Addict Podcast discuss his rather blah reaction to it and his general aversion to all things gold. So… guess what I bought? Yup. The gold dot version of the Pilot Metropolitan ($14.50). Mostly, because it was the only one left on JetPens but also because I thought it might annoy Brad.
If gold is not your color either, the Pilot Metropolitan is also available in silver or black and the decoration in the middle can be plain, zigzag or dot in any of the colors, you'll just have to wait until the other color options are back in stock.
Back to the Pilot Metropolitan. It has a soft metallic sheen on the body and a dot pattern just below the cap for added interest. The pen comes in nice packaging. If you wanted to gift this pen to a new fountain pen user, the packaging belies its humble price point. The pen comes with a Pilot ink cartridge and the older Pilot rubber bladder squeeze filler, it looks similar to the CON-20 but a little bit lower end. I went ahead and upgraded to the CON-50 converter ($8.25) but it still kept the whole pen purchase under $25.
The pen measures 5.5″ capped and about 5″ uncapped. Because of the conical shape, posting the cap seems a little awkward though it did fit, I'm not sure it would stay posted without repeated adjustments. If posting the cap on the end of your pen is an absolute must, this pen may not be for you.
The nib is a Japanese M which is about the same as a European F. When writing, it did seem a tad wider than my Kaweco F nibs but not enough to be considered a clearly wider nib. The nib has been worked into flat planes rather than a smooth arc which gives it a different look and its etched with a series of dashed lines. Its really quite a handsome nib.
The Pilot Metropolitan, filled with a CON-50 and ink, and capped is 27gms, which makes it almost as weighty as the Lamy Studio. Unposted its 17gms, making it just a little lighter.
When this pen hit the paper — that's when the real magic happened. Wow, is it a smooth writer! It was comfortable and skated along the paper with little to no friction. Not as slick as some gel pens but it had no scratch at all. It was a lot more pleasing experience out of the package for me than I ever had with my Lamy AL Star.
I compared the Pilot Metropolitan to pens of similar nib size and price point. It is very comparable. To be honest, though, I would most likely compare the Metropolitan's overall size and feel to an entry level Lamy and I'd favor the Metropolitan for writing enjoyment. Yes, the Lamy has a wider selection of nibs and a wider selection of barrel colors but if what you want is a classic looking pen with a M nib, this would be my first recommendation.
As of this review, JetPens is entirely sold out of the Pilot Metropolitan but Goulet Pens has some of the gold pens left.
13 comments on "Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen Review"
I got my Metropolitan (a black version) last week. I think that for the price, it is possibly the best fountain pen available. It feels substantial in hand, and it writes as well as any pen I've recently worked with. The only reservation I have about the Metropolitan is the terrible converter, which is identical to the one for the earlier Pilot 78G. It is messy, inconsistent, and difficult to use. But the Metropolitan does offer the option of using Pilot cartridges, so the converter may not be an issue to most users. At half the price of a Safari, this is the pen I'd recommend to the average new user.
Keep up the good work,
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If you are enjoying the pen, I do recommend upgrading the converter to the CON-50. Its much easier to use and will make the pen even more of a joy to use. And congrats on scoring a black one!
I am a new FP user. Love the Metropolitan. It's a conversation starter. I regularly use it to sign legal docs. I got stuck with a gold pen too, but I am happy about that now. Out of the box, I prefer it over the Lamy Safari's I bought a few days ago.
I got a Metropolitan a few weeks ago (I ordered it on Amazon). It's my first "real" FP (my others are all disposable and under $5) and I love it. I went with the plain gold one. A lot of reviewers seem to dislike the gold, but I like it.
I guess I need to get a different converter, though, because the one that came with it is intimidating.
Don't make me come over there … 😉
Great review as always, despite the gold color. Side note: I need to pick up some Lamy Blue Black ink.
Own Parker, Lamy Nexx M , Faber Castel Basic, none of them writes as smooth as my Pilot Metropolitan. Lamy is the worst. Faber Castel is also very good but for the price Pilot M is outstanding
Just to add, i'm a lefty and an overwriter
I just got my metropolitan and after spending many times this on other fountains pens I have to say this is one of the best writers out of the box I have ever received, And at this price point it's almost criminal. Ha!
I just received my 4th Metropolitan (M nib) and as you can probably tell, I love this pen. It looks and writes like a much more expensive pen than it is. On one of my pens, I thought it was a tiny bit scratchy, so I wrote with it on some Mylar paper and got it sanded out. It is now as smooth as glass and a little wider; almost like a regular M nib. I didn't do this on any of the other pens because they didn't need it; they all write very smoothly. I also use this pen posted (I like all my pens posted) and it works beautifully. The cap sits securely while posted and has not given me any problems. Overall this pen is worth way more than $15 and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a useful pen that is easy to maintain. Oh, BTW: I did use the included bladder converter and don't like it, so I am buying the other converter and I'm sure that will work better.
I love the Metropolitan and wonder how such a good pen can be sold so cheaply. I bought two black versions (fine and medium) about two years ago, and my only complaint then was that the caps would not post securely. However, I recently purchased a silver fine from jetpens and it posts securely. Has Pilot listened to customer feedback and fixed this problem, or was I just lucky?
I've bought four of the Metros; one was a rollerball, the rest were fountain pens. All four of mine post very securely; I use them posted only. So it's probably not just a fluke! I'm very happy with all my Metros.
Can hardly bear the wait for my Metro. Got it from a Massdrop.com's drop.
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Attorney Anthony Reeves writes about what to do and not to do when applying for Social Security disability benefits for a seizure disorder (whether due to epilepsy or pseudo-seizures).
Most people think that epilepsy is so traumatic that an individual should be approved fairly easily. Due to its unpredictability, the symptoms can affect you in a variety of different ways. Despite the severity of this condition, it is difficult to demonstrate that the condition can prevent a person from performing work on a full time basis.
Anthony provides a list of 5 things you should do to improve your chances of winning:
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These are great tips and I encourage everyone to read Anthony's article on this topic.
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A Jewish leader in Germany called for lawmakers to publicly condemn an anti-Semitic attack that occurred in Berlin.
Deidre Berger, head of the American Jewish Committee office in Berlin, said in a statement April 28 that it is unacceptable that no politicians have publicly responded to the April 25 incident, in which a 31-year-old Israeli man living in Berlin was encircled and beaten outside his apartment by six young men who identified themselves as Palestinians.
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Date of Stay: May, 2016
We are in a motorhome and normally stay in the A loop. This trip, "A, B, C, and D" loops were not open in early May so we had to stay in the E and F loops. I would estimate 80% of the sites in these loops are not good for larger motorhomes. They are simply not sufficiently level or sufficiently long enough. Trailers & popups would be fine, but Motorhomes don't do well when it is necessary to raise rear wheels off the ground to get level! Site leveling aside, this is a wonderful State Park - many activities to enjoy.
Date of Stay: August, 2015
Narrow roads to get to campground, but worth it. We had site #77 reserved for 2 nights but were unable to level our motorhome inspite of additional wheel blocks. Pull through site, but quite a slope. Trailer would not have a problem. Swapped for site 85 which was level, but no electricity while we were there. Sites #43 and 40 are the very best - level and direct path and view of the lake. Campground host very friendly and knowledgeable. Some concern about bears in the campground but we never saw any. I'd have no concern camping an any site in a trailer, popup or 5th wheel; but I'd estimate only 1/3 of the sites are level enough to be reasonable for a motorhome. There is a $10 fee to swap a site for another. Scenery is beautiful, stars incredible, and bathrooms surprisingly nice.
Date of Stay: August, 2015
We used this as a base for seeing Niagara Falls. About 25 minutes North of the falls, this 300-site campground had very nice electrical sites for our RV with a view of Lake Ontario. Roads are well paved and our site was quite level. The electricity was good also. Poor Verizon cell coverage (1 bar). You MUST back-in to all sites. Some of the Premium campsites along the water would be great for trailers with large rear windows. Motorhomes, with their best view out the front windshield, are best across the road from a premium site.
Date of Stay: August, 2015
I was very impressed. Friendly attendant, a large pull-through site for our 2 night stay, perfectly level, water at site and a generally friendly, safe, and quiet atmosphere made this a great stop over. One problem-we needed to use our Frank's Autoformer to boost the campground voltage from 99 to 120 to run our A/C safely. Campground abut 15 miles West of Erie. Good Verizon signal in campground for cellphones.
Date of Stay: August, 2015
We came without reservations and they accommodated us with a nice electric site, quite level, and good electrical. Park was clean and attendant was charming. Sites were spacious with good separation.
Date of Stay: August, 2015
This has been a good over-night stay for us when we travel East/West. Always been happy here but this time was not good. No hot water in showers at all. Restrooms were dirty. Waited an hour before attendant came to check people in (we arrived at 3:30, he came closer to 5pm and was not very friendly).
Date of Stay: October, 2014
This was an amazing, and fun experience. "Interstate" refers to the fact half of the park is on the Minnesota side of the St Croix river and half on the Wisconsin side. We camped on the Minnesota side. Here there are mostly electric sites (sites directly abutting the river are non-electric). Site 20 has a lovely view, but you are terribly close to Site 19. 21 has the best view but is tent-only and non-electric. Most of the sites were not level. Our site sloped a bit but I have blocks to raise front wheels and that helped. Bath house is very well maintained. There are a Ton of people here on weekends because of the marvelous hiking trails. During midweek, we had this whole park almost to ourselves. It was lovely. There are boat rides and canoe rentals nearby. Hike 1.25 mi North to the visitor center and tour the most amazing potholes! 10,000 years ago the St Croix River was one of the largest rivers in the world. At over 200' deep it carved out the river bed from igneous rock and, in doing so, created huge circular holes in the bedrock. You must see it to believe it! We drove over to the Wisconsin side of the park. They have a Northern and a Southern camping area neither of which exceeded what we had on the Minnesota side. Their entire South campground was non-electric (some lovely sites). The North campground was partial electric. Some of the best sites were right next to the bath house. Rate of $33 = $23 for camping + $5 electricity + $5 for park use permit. Good Verizon signal in the campground (and throughout the park) for both Internet data (4G) and cellular. Lots of hungry raccoons so keep your campsite clean of edibles! I'd come here again. Next time, allow more time for hiking the trail, take a boat ride on the river, and relax.
Date of Stay: September, 2014
We read about this park on these reviews and decided to spend a long weekend here. We are so glad we did! We arrived on a late Friday morning and drove through the 4 camping areas. The largest, and the one we liked the best, was area 4 at the far end of the park. Just about every site was empty so we got a great impression of the park. Every site we saw looked level. Some were a bit close and some had a bit more space but all of the RV sites seemed workable. We selected a site we liked, #84, right down by the lake, big area around the fire pit, and very easy access. When we went to check-in at the caretakers home, we found that almost every site had been previously reserved over their web but #84 had just been cancelled! We spent 3 very nice days here. Bathrooms were clean. Hiking in the park was fun. We walked around the "island" and found it a very nice trail. Our dog was with us and enjoyed the park too. One problem, many people here did not follow the dog-on-6-foot-lease rule so we were a little nervous twice and nearly needed to intervene in one situation. View of the lake was wonderful. Very breezy while here so there were no bugs at all! Good Verizon 4G coverage throughout the park. Very nice family type of atmosphere though the majority of campers seemed to be friendly older empty-nesters. Good playgrounds for those kids that were here. Areas 3 and 4 have modern flush toilet bath houses. Areas 1 and 2 seemed to rely on porta-potties.
Date of Stay: August, 2014
The Lower Falls Campground was fairly crowded when we were there. Nice bathhouse (toilets/showers) were heavily used (and sometimes by sloppy people!). Many very nice sites - level, easy access, a few pull-throughs, and excellent fire-pits and tables. Hiking to the Falls was enjoyable. Naturalist tour was informative. Check the Fish House restaurant in Paradise - They open at noon ONLY if they have fish caught that morning to serve. Moderately priced, very good fish & fries. Then drive up to Ship Wreck Museum (Whitebridge). Admission was expensive, it felt like a "tourist trap", but it was fun to go and see. Campground was an ideal base for these side trips.
Date of Stay: August, 2014
I am generally amazed at the quality of Michigan State Parks! Interlochen was no exception - very comfortable site. We stayed here as base camp to explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park and this worked just fine (Dunes were marvelous by the way). Roads in good condition at the park, sites level, good electric, and a strong cellular signal for internet access. Lots of people here so bathrooms did get a bit dirty between cleanings.
Date of Stay: August, 2014
The campground is nicely laid out, spaces generally reasonable. #30 is a pullthrough, but trees limit its utility. Several sites are not sufficiently level for a Class A though fine for tent/popup/trailer. No shower house (only vault toilets) and no flush toilets. Electric at each site. Faucet to fill tanks/containers available. There was NO Cellular coverage in the Lower Campground. 1/2 mile walk to the Historic town of Fayette. This was very fascinating and worth the trip. Free admission once you're in the park.
Date of Stay: August, 2014
This was an overnight stop for us. We had a nice and level pull-through site. Good space around us, good electric, and some mature trees for shade. Nice not to have to disconnect the toad when overnighting. This is our 2nd time here and will continue to enjoy for our stops. Only drawback - several miles of narrow twisty 2 lane to get to the park. Lots of geese. My kids laughed when, looking at the goose droppings by the river, they realized the relevance of the name....Kick-a-poo! Bathrooms and showers were very clean.
Date of Stay: June, 2014
We pulled in on a Friday late morning and got a lovely non-reservable site in the first loop. Site itself was large, with a fire pit and solid table. Slight slope down to the road which I could accommodate with a 3" board under each front wheel on the motorhome. Good electricity (121 volts) and solid Verizon 4G coverage, and about 15 digital TV stations detected. Campground is well patrolled and there was no trouble of any kind while we were there. Lots of kids on bikes having a great time racing around (we think of them as a floor show). Some fine hiking too along the ridge of the bluffs, finding several points of interest, finding geocaches left in the neighborhood, and attending a most interesting naturalist hike were among the available activities. Only down side - Ranger station sells wood for $6/bundle (which is expensive for the area) and, when I got it to the site, I found it was not totally dry - rather the fire struggled to stay alive and was hissing/sputtering until it really hot and the moisture was driven off. We hooked up the toad in the ranger station parking lot. They were nice about that and you have a lot more space than trying to do that in the campground. We had a great long weekend at Frontenac State Park. I'd need to recommend it to others.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
This campground, on Saylorville Lake (an Army Corps of Engineers project) had been improved since our last stay. It was great then and is even better now. We camped on the "B" loop and had a lovely view of the lake. Large cement pad (level also), excellent table and fire pit grace every site in this loop. This area is very well maintained. I got a 50% discount because of the Senior card that I got at a National Park. While there were a lot of people at this campground, the sites are large enough that you don't feel like cordwood-city. Camping here is about 30 minutes away from downtown Des Moines. Excellent shopping centers are only about 10 minutes away at the intersection of 160 and US 35.
Date of Stay: August, 2013
This is a lovely, peaceful, camping area in a large park. There are five level pads with electricity suitable for motorhomes, trailers or 5th wheels. All other sites are tent sites mostly on open grass. There are several vault toilets throughout the campground - they are not real pleasant (buggy and smelly). There is a dump station - not level - and a road is blocked when using it. No potable water at dump (though there is a spigot on another loop). We camped here several days as we took our daughter to a nearby college. This location was very convenient for that purpose. Since we're self-contained in the motorhome, I'd be happy to camp here again but I'd likely not come here as a destination vacation spot.


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BeschreibungAurora was the first Illinois city to have electric streetlights, but a dark history has resisted illumination as stubbornly as the chilly corner of the old roundhouse repels the summer heat. Learn why Aurora counts "City of Cemeteries" among its nicknames as Diane Ladley, "America's Ghost Storyteller," describes the nineteenth-century doctor suspected of trading bodies between his cancer center and a neighboring graveyard. Other eerie legends and strange stories revealed in this book include the marauding brave brought to justice in the Devil's Cave by his own tribe, the sweet legacy of NFL great Walter Payton and the elephants that saved a circus from a tornado.
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Verlag: History Press
Erscheinungsdatum: Oktober 2010
Seitenanzahl: 125 Seiten
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Your favorite producer's, favorite producer-Kev Brown, has so graciously KILLED MSX Audio's Soulful Stems project.
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CHARLOTTE - (WSOC)--It's the biggest event a city can host. Charlotte is on the list to possibly host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
"I've told you before that I think an Olympics could be in our future," said Mayor Anthony Foxx.
The U.S. Olympic Committee sent a letter to 35 cities. It's such a big undertaking, the letter asks if Charlotte is even interested.
"Absolutely, it's worth it, it would definitely be worth it, the money they would make would also help upgrade the city," said Jennifer Walters.
The letter, obtained by Eyewitness News, lays out strict requirements for the host city. Eyewitness News looked over the requirements to see if Charlotte would even qualify.
First: The host city would need 45,000 hotel rooms.
Tourism officials said the entire 16-county region only has 30,000 rooms and some of those are questionable. During the Democratic National Convention, Eyewitness News reported some dignitaries complained about unsafe and unsanitary rooms.
Second requirement is a major international airport and Charlotte Douglas is the sixth-busiest airport in the world.
The next big issue is sports venues. The city is requesting a tax hike to rebuild Bank of America Stadium. There are also two world-class facilities -- the U.S. Whitewater Center and the Aquatics Center.
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Towards a Business Process Management Maturity Model
De Bruin, Tonia & Rosemann, Michael (2005) Towards a Business Process Management Maturity Model. In Bartmann, D, Rajola, F, Kallinikos, J, Avison, D, Winter, R, Ein-Dor, P, et al. (Eds.) ECIS 2005 Proceedings of the Thirteenth European Conference on Information Systems, 26-28 May 2005, Germany, Regensburg.
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Business Process Management (BPM) has been identified as the number one business priority by a recent Gartner study (Gartner, 2005). However, BPM has a plethora of facets as its origins are in Business Process Reengineering, Process Innovation, Process Modelling, and Workflow Management to name a few. Organisations increasingly recognize the requirement for an increased process orientation and require appropriate comprehensive frameworks, which help to scope and evaluate their BPM initiative. This research project aims toward the development of a holistic and widely accepted BPM maturity model, which facilitates the assessment of BPM capabilities. This paper provides an overview about the current model with a focus on the actual model development utilizing a series of Delphi studies. The development process includes separate studies that focus on further defining and expanding the six core factors within the model, i.e. strategic alignment, governance, method, Information Technology, people and culture.
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A new graphic novel created by the University of Victoria's Indigenous Law Research Clinic and drawing on work with seven different legal orders across Canada will help empower Indigenous communities as well as educate and engage legal practitioners about the complexity and legitimacy of Indigenous law.
"We're looking to demonstrate Indigenous law's complexity in a way that is accessible, but also sophisticated enough that it's useful," says law professor Val Napoleon, who led the project.
Indigenous legal orders are living traditions of law that enable Indigenous societies to manage themselves as self-governing and self-determining peoples.
The new graphic novel, a composite of true situations, is the tale of a Cree man sentenced to death by a 19th-century Alberta court after carrying out an execution ordered by his Cree community. A contingent of Indigenous lawyers travels back in time to intervene and apply aspects of Indigenous law not originally presented. The court finds the accused not guilty.
The launch party for Cree Law: Mikomosis and the Wetiko takes place May 6 from 12 to 2 p.m. in UVic's Fraser (law) building, and will feature the writing, research and illustrative team—including noted TV screenwriter Jim Henshaw and renowned comic artist Ken Steacy—as well as the original artwork and 50 copies of the new book.
The project, led by Prof. Napoleon and UVic alumnae Hadley Friedland, was sponsored by the UVic clinic, the Indigenous Bar Association and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, with funding from the Ontario Law Foundation.
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This briefing provides an overview of Long-Term International Migration (LTIM) inflows (immigration), outflows (emigration), and the difference between the two (net migration) in the UK.
Key Points
- Net migration to the UK, the difference between immigration and emigration, was 333,000 in 2015. This represents an increase of 156,000 since 2012.
- Inflows to the UK for 2015 were 630,000, comparable to the figure of 632,000 in 2014. Outflows from the UK were 297,000, compared to 319,000 in 2014.
- There has been continuous net emigration of British citizens since at least 1991. In 2015, about 39,000 more British citizens moved abroad than came to live in the UK.
- In 2015, non-EU citizens accounted for 44% of all inflows to the UK (including inflows of British citizens). The share of EU citizens in total inflows increased from 22% in 2004 to 43% in 2015.
- Formal study and work are the most common reasons for migrating to the UK. In 2015, 167,000 people migrated to the UK for study purposes and an additional 308,000 migrated for work related reasons.
- Net migration to the UK, the difference between immigration and emigration, was 333,000 in 2015. This represents an increase of 156,000 since 2012.
Understanding the Evidence
The analysis in this briefing is based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Long Term International Migration (LTIM). The primary data source for the LTIM estimates is the International Passenger Survey (IPS), but LTIM estimates also include adjustments based on other sources, such as the Home Office data on asylum seekers, the Labour Force Survey and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency international migration estimates. To accurately understand and interpret LTIM data, it is important to be clear about its underlying definitions and limitations. ONS uses the current international standard definition of a long-term international migrant to produce LTIM estimates: a person who moves to another country for at least one year (see "evidence gaps and limitations" below for further discussion). This excludes for example, tourism or short-term business related travel.
Please note that the LTIM estimates used in this briefing are the revised estimates by the ONS. In early April 2014 the ONS published their report on the 'Quality of Long-Term International Migration estimates from 2001 to 2011', in which they revised the numbers of total net migration for the years 2001 to 2011. Based on the revision, total net migration between 2001 and 2011 was underestimated by 346,000. There is evidence that the underestimation was predominantly driven by an undercount of migration from the A8 Eastern European countries. However, a revised version of inflows and outflows as well as breakdowns by citizenship or reason for migration, etc., is not currently available. As a result, estimates relating to any breakdown of inflows, outflows, or different reasons for migrating will not match the total net balance.
Net migration to the UK, the difference between immigration and emigration, was 318,000 in 2014. This represents an increase of 109,000 since 2013 (when net migration was 209,000)
Net migration to the UK, the difference between immigration and emigration, was 333,000 in 2015. This represents an increase of 156,000 since 2012.
As shown in Figure 1, LTIM estimates suggest that since the early 1990s overall net migration to the UK has always been positive. In other words, the inflow of persons to the UK has been greater than the outflow. The headline net migration figures include people of all citizenships, including British citizens leaving the country or coming from abroad.
The latest available calendar-year figure for net migration is 333,000 in 2015 – an increase of 156,000 since 2012, 109,000 since 2013 and of 20,000 since 2014. It is comparable to the all-time high of 320,000 for the year ending in June 2005.
Between 2013 and 2015, inflows increased by 124,000, while outflows remained broadly stable.
During the 1990s, there was mostly a positive trend in net migration as these flows surged from minus 13,000 (i.e. net emigration) in 1992 to positive 163,000 in 1999. In the 2000s there was a significant increase in net migration that coincided with the 2004 EU enlargement and the opening of UK labour markets to workers from the so-called Accession 8 (A8) countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia), plus Malta and Cyprus. Migrants from new EU member states have accounted for a significant portion of recent net migration. However, there has also been a significant increase in net migration from EU-15 countries such as Spain and Italy, from a post-recession low point of 18,000 in 2010 to 79,000 in 2015.
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The share of EU citizens in LTIM inflows and net flows has increased.
In 2015 non-EU citizens (Commonwealth and 'other' categories) had a positive net migration of 188,000 (down slightly from 194,000 in 2014). They accounted for 44% of all inflows and 51% of non-British inflows.
EU citizens had a positive net migration of 184,000 in 2015 (up by 10,000 since 2014); they accounted for 43% of all inflows and 49% of non-British inflows. The share of EU citizens in inflows has been steadily increasing since 2004 (when it stood at 22%) and is much higher than the average for the 2000-2003 period (when it stood at about 13%). By contrast, the share of migrants from Commonwealth countries declined from 37% in 2004 to 26% in 2012 and then to 18% in 2015.
British citizens are the only group characterised by continuous net-emigration since 1991 (i.e. negative net migration). In 2015 there were 39,000 more British citizens moving abroad than coming to live in the UK. This is a substantial drop from 2011 when it stood at 70,000. Net emigration of British nationals peaked in 2006 at 124,000.
Formal study and work are the most common reasons for migrating to the UK. In 2015, 167,000 people migrated to the UK for study purposes and 308,000 migrated for work
As people often move for a variety of reasons, it can be difficult to categorise migrants based on their reasons for migrating to the UK (see our 'Mixed Migration: Policy Challenges' primer for a discussion of mixed migration motivations. It is not hard to imagine, for instance, that someone is moving to the UK to join his/her spouse, work in the UK and to study. Therefore, it is important to keep in mind that while the ONS records the categories discussed below as mutually exclusive categories, this is clearly not always the case in practice.
Focusing on inflows, LTIM estimates suggest that 27% of people moving to the UK for at least one year (including British citizens) came for study purposes in 2015 (see Figure 2). This number has fallen from 238,000 in 2010.
Figure 2
At the same time, 308,000 migrants came for work related reasons in 2015. These people either had a definite job (28%) or came to look for a job (20%). Work reasons are now the most common reason for migrating to the UK, although formal study occupied this position between 2009 and 2012.
In 2015, 12% of migrants came to accompany or join a family member. This share has remained relatively stable over the past 10 years, though it represents a decline from a peak of 25% in 1994.
Work related reasons were the most common motives for leaving the UK (about 55% in 2015), with 33% of those leaving having a definite job abroad and 22% going abroad to look for work.
The share of immigrants planning to stay for shorter periods (of 1-2 years) has increased since the 1990s
As Figure 3 shows, the share of immigrants planning to come for relatively short periods of 1 to 2 years rose steadily between 1993 and 2012 from 27% to 45% (and stood at 39% in 2014).
Figure 3
In 2014, 30% of migrants planned to stay for 3 or 4 years, while 11% were not sure. See the Evidence Gaps and Limitations section below for discussion of the limitation of the LTIM data in regards to using the intentions of migrants, which may or may not be realised in practice.
The most popular destinations of people leaving the UK are non-EU countries
LTIM data also provide information about the 'next intended' country of residence of people leaving the UK, which may of course be different from their actual final destination. Moreover, the data will not reflect those instances in which individuals migrate to a country for a short time with plans of eventually moving to a third country.
The information reported in Figure 4 suggests that the most popular destinations of people leaving the UK in 2014 were non-EU countries (Commonwealth and others combined). Closer inspection of the data reveals that the most popular country for UK emigrants going to Commonwealth countries was Australia followed by countries in the Indian subcontinent. Because LTIM estimates do not make a distinction for naturalised British citizens, it is not possible to know how many of these emigrants were returning to a country of origin.
Figure 4
Evidence gaps and limitations
Whether we should refer to all individuals who come to the UK as migrants for at least 12 months as 'long-term' migrants can be the subject of debate. For some people, the expression 'long-term' indicates a desire to settle or at least to spend a significant amount of time in the UK. However, the current ONS definition (which is the international standard) will place an individual who stays for 11 months and an individual who stays for 13 months in different categories, while a third individual who stays for 20 years will be in the same category as the individual who stays for 13 months.
In practical terms, the IPS asks individuals about their planned stay in the UK and abroad. The data thus captures individual intentions in order to measure inflows and outflows of migrants. Migrants' plans for the future, e.g. the intention to stay in the UK for more than 12 months, may or may not be realised. The ONS uses different methods to address this challenge by, for example, adjusting for 'visitor switchers' (i.e. those whose original intention was to stay for less than one year but who subsequently stay longer) and for 'migrant switchers' (i.e. those who intended to stay for more than twelve months but left within a year).
Capturing information on migration is not the only purpose of the IPS, which collects data on a broad set of issues including tourists' spending in the UK, towns visited and alcohol and tobacco purchases made, among others. Given that it is not an exclusively migration-focused survey, the sample of migrants in the survey is relatively small. As with any survey, there is a certain margin of error of the estimates. The ONS publishes the central estimate at the 95% confidence level, indicating the degree of uncertainty about this estimate. When evaluating changes, this allows for testing whether the given change is statistically significant or whether the estimate is too uncertain. Moreover, this uncertainty is especially relevant for the disaggregation of migrants across source countries given that the number of migrants interviewed from certain countries is small. As such, the ONS publishes the source of migrants using broad regional categories only.
It is also important to emphasize that the numbers and changes in net migration differ according to the source of estimates. For instance, it is possible to compare the dynamics suggested by these estimates with that of other data sources such as the Annual Population Survey (APS). LTIM estimates provide information on net migration flows (i.e. difference between immigration and emigration), while the APS provide information on the stock of migrants. The changes in the stock of migrants should reflect the level of net migration; however, there are significant differences between the estimates.
Finally, it is essential for the reader to keep in mind that the total net migration figures have been revised upwards for the years that span between 2001 and 2011. This change in estimates came alongside a published report by the ONS in early April 2014. Based on the revision, total net-migration between 2001 and 2011 was underestimated by 346,000. There is evidence that the underestimation was predominantly driven by an undercount of migration from the A8 Eastern European countries. However, the figures have not been revised to reflect undercounts in inflows and outflows and there are no revised figures with breakdowns by reason for migration or citizenship. In simple terms, if for example one is looking at inflows and outflows for these years, the difference will not match the revised net balance of that year. This also applies to any other breakdown beyond the total net balance for each year between 2001 and 2011.
Thanks to Ann Singleton for helpful comments and suggestions in an earlier version of this briefing
Further Reading
- Migration Advisory Committee. "Limits on Migration: Limits on Tier 1 and Tier 2 for 2011/12 and Supporting Policies." UK Border Agency, London, 2010.
- Migration Observatory Election 2015 Briefing – Why do International Migrants Come to the UK?
Media Coverage
The Guardian (25 May 2016)
Would local government be better off outside the EU? A head to head
- The Guardian (25 May 2016)


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Dear Editor,
What an inspiration it is to see all of those staunch Congressmen who are holding the line against healthcare reform and renouncing their own government created, government run, and government paid-for healthcare plans. How invigorating it is to see them turn aside these often lifetime benefits doled out to themselves and their families by the government. Oh, wait. They're not giving up the kinds of plans they are saying are not good enough for the rest for us? Not giving up the type of benefits they say will bring our country to ruin? No? Not one of them? No one has gotten off the gravy train? If not, then are you really sure these people have your best interests in their hearts and in their pockets here? Sounds like a swindle to me.


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Joey Styles Responds To NXT Controversy, Raw In Texas, DVDs
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– WWEDVDNews reports that WWE is planning a Best of Cage Matches DVD set for the Summer of 2011. They also report that the History of DX DVD set is scheduled to be released after WrestleMania and will be called DX: The Final Conflict.
– WWE Monday Night Raw on March 7th, 2011 will be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Tickets go on sale January 22nd, 2011.
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Neill Blomkamp's 'Alien' Film Will Give Ripley an Ending
Posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016 by Jack Giroux
While Sir Ridley Scott is currently shooting Alien: Covenant in Australia, Neill Blomkamp's Alien sequel remains on hold. Because Scott was adamant about his follow-up to Prometheus reaching theaters first, Blomkamp and star Sigourney Weaver have gone off to work on other projects, at least in the meantime. There was — and there probably still is — some doubt over whether the sequel will get made, but Weaver remains confident it'll happen.
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Esophageal stenosis occurs when the esophagus is so narrow, making it hard for too-large materials to travel through easily. Narrowing of the esophagus might be caused by a growth, inflammation, or scar tissue. Interestingly, your swallowing tube can be narrowed by as much as 50 percent and you might still have no trouble swallowing.
Sometimes the object causing the narrowing, like a tumor, can be removed. If not, the doctor can discuss options, including simply breaking food into smaller pieces or pureeing it for easier swallowing.