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Re:So, I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, s... by MichaelZuo on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:01PM (#36178926)
How would you check and enforce it to make sure?

Obviously some fraction of the population will lie about being honest and upright.

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Re:So, I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, s... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday June 05, 2023 @07:19AM (#36194838)
We don't have to do that, just make sure that dishonest behavior is not the dominant strategy. In our society, we could start by ceasing to promote and reward such behavior constantly.
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Re:So, I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, s... by MichaelZuo on Monday June 05, 2023 @11:40AM (#36197891)
> We don't have to do that,...

Why not?

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