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user-inactivated  ·  3201 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: A funding experiment

Here's the thing though. As long as the money is imaginary, this is just a game for the people involved in the experiment. There is no real investment, no risk of emotional loss or regret. There is nothing to gain or lose. If you actually went live with this, the results could be drastically different. Even worse, it could work out great initially, but then completely fall apart as it upscales. By then, you'll be too far entrenched and dependent on the system to remove it. Money has a ruinous effect on almost everything it touches if that money does not come about virtuously and altruistically.