I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel fake engagement

Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by tpudlik on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:08AM (#27448781)

Looks like the fundamental problem is that a substantial number of users are perfectly willing to sign up for providing fake likes, as long as they receive fake likes in return. A tragedy of the commons.

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Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by rhacker on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:19AM (#27448939)

> tragedy of the commons

Huh, I thought that was about shared resources getting ruined.

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Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by bittercynic on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:24AM (#27449002)

The shared resource is the validity of like counts.

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Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by BeFlatXIII on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:31AM (#27449091)

To be fair, the validity of like counts and other similar engagement metrics being polluted is a good thing.

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Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by hollerith on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:33AM (#27449128)

A tragedy of the commons and the "autoliker" problem described in the OP are both "coordination problems": people are worse off because they do coordinate with each other.

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Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by splithalf on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:26AM (#27449030)

Sort of the same thing isn’t it?

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Re:I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel... by truth_ on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:19PM (#27452644)

> tragedy of the commons

No tragedy of scale is only limited to one socio-economic sect. There's a proverb in Bengali- "When the village burns, can the temple be safe?"

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