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Another idea is the prisoner's dilemma. By upvoting more than downvoting, one helps spread a culture of karma generosity that might improve one's own karma scor
by gravitycop 18y ago
Another idea is the prisoner's dilemma. By upvoting more than downvoting, one helps spread a culture of karma generosity that might improve one's own karma score.
- diN0bot 18y agoword. i think you're right that taking the long view is beneficial, especially with a community mature enough or long lasting enough to take the long view. i once looked into the prisoner's dilemma a while back. there are at least two stable systems (for repeated encounters): tit-for-tat (i'll do what you do); and all defect (i always lie so that i'm never the sucker). the former, which can result in cooperation, yields higher payouts for everyone, while the later, which results in no cooperation, yields lower payouts for everyone. even though an individual can "win" in both scenarios, you win more when others win more. neat, yeah? that's like birds in a flock looking up every once in a while for predators rather than greedily eating steady and always relying on another bird to callout a warning.