Jei asked: >On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Tim May wrote: >> (Yeah, if anyone spots a truly relevant item, commenting on it is >> welcome. Or posting a URL. But simple game theory says that it's best >> that people don't just bounce things they read to our list, something >> Choate, mattd, and Jei seem to not understand.)
> Would you care to elaborate on that? > I don't see how game theory would prove your assertion. You are dissipating your reputation by having a low signal to noise ratio. Game theory shows that its in our interest to monitor your reputation (in extremis, the *plonk* response increases the quality of our lives). And its in your interest to maintain a decent rep, else you're just wasting your knuckle-wear and electricity. As well as losing the ability to inject truly important info, should you find it, into the stream. Since you *may* mean well, and have not yet blown that dimension of your rep which labels you as "incorrigable" (cf certain others...), its worth mentioning this to you.
