First-come-first-serve is overrated and unfair when it comes to online platforms. They devolve to a lottery that is won by whoever gets their request into the s

First-come-first-serve is overrated and unfair when it comes to online platforms. They devolve to a lottery that is won by whoever gets their request into the server first. Lotteries that are intended to be such are a fair and equitable way to distribute the right to purchase tickets at below-market rates. It gives you a built-in waitlist too: if you can’t go, tickets are refunded and distributed to the next potential buyer until an actual buyer is found.