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A comment on Popularity Dynamics and Intrinsic Quality in Reddit and Hacker News (2015) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Popularity Dynamics and Intrinsic Quality in Reddit and H... by wufufufu on Thursday October 25, 2018 @10:53AM (#18301323)
I don't think this is similar to tragedy of the commons at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

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Re:Popularity Dynamics and Intrinsic Quality in Reddit and H... by gwern on Thursday October 25, 2018 @11:36AM (#18301703)
I would call this more of a stag hunt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt There's a tension between spending your time helping vote on /newest to get stuff on the main page where they are then accurately ranked, and slightly tweaking the ranking on the main page while enjoying the overall fruits.
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