Projects with bigger problems
Projects with bigger problems
Posted Apr 30, 2026 18:02 UTC (Thu) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)In reply to: Projects with bigger problems by marcH
Parent article: Dependency-cooldown discussions warm up
Right, and what I'm saying is that the system will not work, because as soon as there's money in the system, people will game stats, reviews, reputation systems, and more.
As a result, either you have no contributions (hence no money, hence no attackers), or you're faced with a flood of attackers making the system more expensive to run. The only reason Temu and places like it survive is that, with a flood of attackers, you still have people who have to pay to get the goods at all; but if I don't have to pay, why would I risk paying on a platform that's full of scams?