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Exactly. Let's say that MarketRank grows in market share to be the dominant search engine. What's to stop someone from then gaming Reddit / HackerNews posts and
by data4lyfe 5y ago
Exactly. Let's say that MarketRank grows in market share to be the dominant search engine. What's to stop someone from then gaming Reddit / HackerNews posts and comments with bots and fake accounts because the operator understands that these websites now have "community verified rank importance"?
- CityOfThrowaway 5y agoYes, and the sites themselves become valuable targets for M&A because of their outsized influence
- fortran77 5y agoThey're already gamed or easily gamed. You can buy Reddit accounts with high amounts of karma which are sold to people who are trying to do "astroturf" promotions.