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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by derekp7 on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:04PM (#19608536)
On the other hand, the Internet makes so many people aware of scams so there is less chance of any particular target falling for it. Of course, some people get so over sensitized to scams that they filter out all legitimate items to thinking it may be a scam.
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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by ignoramous on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:16PM (#19608629)
That's game theory 101. The grudgers/cheaters always thrive in the long run in an environment of zero-sum, miscommunication, and mistrust.

https://ncase.me/trust

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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by Nasrudith on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:13AM (#19614831)
Scammers also don't need to fool all people some of the time - just some people all of the time. Nigerian Prince Scamming already filters for maximizing gullibility to reduce time wasteage.
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