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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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