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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by kabacha on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:08PM (#16881642)
> What if people get tricked into approving malicious accounts?

Do you really need to idiot proof everything? I'd say just let natural selection happen at this point.

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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by cocktailpeanuts on Friday April 20, 2018 @05:35AM (#16883419)
> Do you really need to idiot proof everything? I'd say just let natural selection happen at this point.

I'd say people with this mindset will be the first to be eliminated through natural selection, not because they're unintelligent, but because of the belief that they're intelligent and smart enough not to fall for this. The reason is: EVERYONE can fall for anything.

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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by johnny22 on Friday April 20, 2018 @12:37AM (#16882177)
herd immunity is a thing that you're not taking into account. It's rarely about single indviduals, but the entire group.
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by newfoundglory on Friday April 20, 2018 @02:57AM (#16882691)
Natural selection in this case means another Cambridge Analytica. Most people want to avoid that.
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