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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by FooHentai on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:53PM (#26498252)
But much like ratings systems are actually used as approval/disapproval systems, such a system would instead come to represent ‘what is the most profitable moderation’. Such a market would optimise towards profit, not quality.
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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by aaron-santos on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:30PM (#26498873)
That's a critique of all markets. I'm down.
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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by FooHentai on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:55PM (#26498995)
100%. The insight there I guess being a need to choose carefully which areas you allow market dynamics to be introduced, or at least make sure you know what the medium of exchange really is because that's what the market players will optimize towards.
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