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Re:Hindenburg Research Outs Block Inc as Fraud by gessha on Saturday March 25, 2023 @12:40AM (#35299481)
Technically yes, because you’re not choosing at all but they’re still random to me since they’re not from my circle.
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Re:Hindenburg Research Outs Block Inc as Fraud by bryanlarsen on Saturday March 25, 2023 @08:01AM (#35301808)
It's not random at all. They're selected from the pool of people who will approach you.

Let's simplify. Say that 1 in a million people pull the stranger needing help scam, and will approach you given the opportunity. Everybody else will only approach you if they actually need help, which is rare, say 1 in a million.

So in that scenario 50% of the people approaching you are criminals, compared to 1 in a million who are actually criminals.

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