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Well, congratulations on gaming a system based on trust. You can try to edit Wikipedia too and make Steve Jobs chinese if you want.
by ainiriand 9y ago
Well, congratulations on gaming a system based on trust. You can try to edit Wikipedia too and make Steve Jobs chinese if you want.
- dgritsko 9y agoFor me it was interesting to see just how successful he was with relatively little effort. Holding the #1 spot for several days _seems_ like it ought to be a big accomplishment -- yet he was able to succeed without any major obstacles. This story pulled back the curtain a bit and showed just how quickly the system can break down.
- bogomipz 9y agoDid you read the article? Besides being part comedy sketch, it's also part sociological experiment and part performance art. It wasn't about gaming a system for financial gain in the least.
- wtf_is_up 9y agoPlease cite where financial gain was mentioned in the previous post.
- bogomipz 9y agoThat's wasn't the point in mentioning 'financial gain", I mentioned that as an example of gaming a system for a nefarious purposes. I mentioned this simply as contrast, that although the system was indeed gamed, it was done so with humor and without harming anybody in the process.
- criddell 9y agoSo you're saying making Steve Jobs Chinese on Wikipedia is a decent analogy?
- mistercow 9y agoOnly if you legitimately convince people that Steve Jobs is Chinese.
- jhauris 9y agoThis was a single person gaming the system as a hobby with no reward. How well do you think you can trust this system when in reality there are restaurants with a real financial incentive and the ability to invest?
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoThis has been pointed out elsewhere, but most security is based on the principle of rational actors. To defend against amateurs, hobbyists, and insane people working without an understandable motivation is often MORE difficult, not less.
- beal 9y agoI think the point is that if the system is based on trust, you can't necessarily trust the system.
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