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That's why software should be open source. Ironically the article about google censorship ended up discussing whether there is hn censorship or whether it just
by usr1106 6y ago
That's why software should be open source.
Ironically the article about google censorship ended up discussing whether there is hn censorship or whether it just magic ranking.
With open source everybody could check whether there was censorship outside of any smart ranking algorithm.
- DevKoala 6y agoNo, you cannot open source a fraud prevention mechanism. You want to keep it secret.
- CamperBob2 6y agoThat sounds suspiciously like what used to be said of encryption.
- rbanffy 6y agoIf you have perfect fraud prevention rules that can't be gamed, then you can open-source them. It's just that nobody has ever found or invented them.
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- duxup 6y agoEncryption seems to be by design not able to be manipulated. Not sure pagerank, moderation and similar systems have that built in.
- usr1106 6y agoSo how do you cheat the bitcoin blockchain?