I see a whole lot of people talking about net givers and net takers and how these dynamics affect the usefulness of a friend/acquaintance group. This is HN. Pr

I see a whole lot of people talking about net givers and net takers and how these dynamics affect the usefulness of a friend/acquaintance group. This is HN. Private bit torrent trackers anyone? The higher your seed-to-leech ratio in a small community, the more use the community will be to you. This applies directly to friend groups. If each person tries to seed the group with actions that benefit many but are trivial for them to accomplish based on personal stats, everyone benefits disproportionately to the individual effort invested. High ratios can then be tapped for uncommon and/or infrequent requests without compromising relationships.