Ok, yes that makes a lot more sense—whilst tarnishing by association increases incentives to point out flaws in your friend, it decreases incentives to point out flaws in your friend’s friend.
And since most of your friends are also your friends’ friends, the aggregate impact is to decrease incentives to point out flaws in your friends as well.
Ok, yes that makes a lot more sense—whilst tarnishing by association increases incentives to point out flaws in your friend, it decreases incentives to point out flaws in your friend’s friend.
And since most of your friends are also your friends’ friends, the aggregate impact is to decrease incentives to point out flaws in your friends as well.