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Shht, don't tell anyone! I always user Hacker News with a threshold of 100, but the more people start doing that the fewer there will be left to upvote new articles.

And then there will be nothing to read or I will need to lower my threshold or wait for other people to do that. Prisoners dilemma.




I'll see your prisoner's dilemma and raise you a repugnant conclusion: I think we get the most total utility if everyone reads lots of low-quality articles and up-vote the few good ones.




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