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Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by JonChesterfield »

codingdave wrote: post #8
reactordev wrote: post #5

I believe you may have something with Anti-dollar. Joking aside, there’s almost always a company on the other side of the coin. Boycotting or otherwise public outcry’s and cancel culture would look a whole lot different if it were a value-based voting platform where competing interests vie for the value. Add reporting for government agencies on what’s “hot” and it sends a clear picture on what the national sentiment…

I know this is a joke, too, but I worry that you aren't seeing the joke if you think there is something here. This is a setup to take in dollars from everyone and arbitrage the sentiment difference across the userbase, effectively meaning they don't have to pay anything and just take the dollars home. That's the joke. And anyone who actually would put in dollars are who the joke would be being played upon were it rea…

That's a business model, not a joke.

Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by jtbayly »

I had no idea this was fake until I came here to figure out what I was missing/why anybody would be stupid enough to give money to this.

You could say that reveals something about me. I disagree. It says something about the crypto scene and things being promoted even here over the last few years.

Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by xyst »

jtbayly wrote: post #42

I had no idea this was fake until I came here to figure out what I was missing/why anybody would be stupid enough to give money to this. You could say that reveals something about me. I disagree. It says something about the crypto scene and things being promoted even here over the last few years.

Besides the name of the product. This is what convinced me it was satire:

“… efficient using the latest AI and blockchain technology. “

Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by mcny »

sentrysapper wrote: post #32
ben_ipsen wrote: post #20

Being Rickrolled just doesn't have the same feels now that Youtube will immediately blast an add in your face before you can enjoy the classic.

I hadn't noticed that before but you're right, YT has ruined Rickrolling.

I like how different people have different perspectives of the same event. I use Mozilla Firefox with uBlock Origin. YouTube videos do not play automatically when I click on YouTube links from other websites.

Personally, my conspiracy theory is that somehow the YouTube team twisted Google Chrome team's arms to force them to make a byzantine system so that YouTube videos would pretty much always auto play. I cannot imagine how any self-respecting programmer(TM) would agree to such nonsense unless they were being paid very handsomely.

Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by ForkMeOnTinder »

mcny wrote: post #44
sentrysapper wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hadn't noticed that before but you're right, YT has ruined Rickrolling.

I like how different people have different perspectives of the same event. I use Mozilla Firefox with uBlock Origin. YouTube videos do not play automatically when I click on YouTube links from other websites. Personally, my conspiracy theory is that somehow the YouTube team twisted Google Chrome team's arms to force them to make a byzantine system so that YouTube videos would pretty much always auto play. I cannot im…

> Personally, my conspiracy theory is that somehow the YouTube team twisted Google Chrome team's arms to force them to make a byzantine system...

You're not far off. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay#media_engagement_...

Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by [deleted] »

j4yav wrote: post #28
shpx wrote: post #21

The organization pairs won't be exactly 1-to-1 because building is harder than destroying, different organizations are more efficient and money is non-linear. If you had a "dump oil in national parks" and a "clean up oil dumped in national parks", you'd need $1000 for every $1 of effort dumping oil. So at best this system is a discovery mechanism for comparatively valuing organizations, but it's not really set up tha…

It's satire.

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Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by m3kw9 »

If my money can be destroyed like that why would I donate through this plat form even though I get 50% more? It doesn’t enough for me to overcome the risks of some group diverting all my funds to an opposite cause

Re: Deadweight Loss as a Service

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Post by codingdave »

JonChesterfield wrote: post #41
codingdave wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this is a joke, too, but I worry that you aren't seeing the joke if you think there is something here. This is a setup to take in dollars from everyone and arbitrage the sentiment difference across the userbase, effectively meaning they don't have to pay anything and just take the dollars home. That's the joke. And anyone who actually would put in dollars are who the joke would be being played upon were it rea…

That's a business model, not a joke.

A business model includes a transaction where one side gets value in exchange for returning value to the other side. When it is a one-sided transaction like this, where one side gives money and the other just pockets it... that is more often referred to as a "scam"
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