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Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics by astrodust on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:28PM (#15562192)
It's because a portion of humans are just dicks and ruin it for everyone else, so we need systems that clamp down on dickish behaviour so it doesn't wreck everything.
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Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics by civilian on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:47PM (#15562346)
The _really difficult_ trick is building systems that won't get corrupted by the dickheads.
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Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics by astrodust on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:37PM (#15564907)
Precisely why making social network sites like Facebook and Reddit is really hard.
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Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics by civilian on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:03AM (#15566280)
I mean, I agree that this rule applies to everything. But I'm more worried about the organizations that have a monopoly on force, not on social networks.
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Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics by rlanday on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:44PM (#15562308)
Everyone is a “dick” given the right set of incentives.
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