I’m already feeling a degree of adverse incentives. Getting money involved makes me more reticent to comment rather than more eager.
I don’t want to be perceived as grubbing for money, and I feel like there’s a risk of being treated harshly by a voting audience that are now on guard against (and seeking to massively downvote) people trying to game the system.
If that’s a suboptimal equilibrium, maybe we should actively try to be in the other equilibrium instead, where people treat the situation more casually and aren’t so on the hunt for cheaters?
To that end: lo, this is a comment that is at least in part motivated by my desire to grub for money. I casually acknowledge this, in the interest of making the whole situation feel more casual and socially low-stakes. Downvote, upvote, or ignore this comment as you please; I will continue to treat the situation casually regardless.
Oh wait, this thing ended yesterday. Oh well! :P Hopefully the fact that I wrote the above comment will make the good equilibrium a bit more likely if we do a thing like this again.
I’m already feeling a degree of adverse incentives. Getting money involved makes me more reticent to comment rather than more eager.
I don’t want to be perceived as grubbing for money, and I feel like there’s a risk of being treated harshly by a voting audience that are now on guard against (and seeking to massively downvote) people trying to game the system.
If that’s a suboptimal equilibrium, maybe we should actively try to be in the other equilibrium instead, where people treat the situation more casually and aren’t so on the hunt for cheaters?
To that end: lo, this is a comment that is at least in part motivated by my desire to grub for money. I casually acknowledge this, in the interest of making the whole situation feel more casual and socially low-stakes. Downvote, upvote, or ignore this comment as you please; I will continue to treat the situation casually regardless.
Oh wait, this thing ended yesterday. Oh well! :P Hopefully the fact that I wrote the above comment will make the good equilibrium a bit more likely if we do a thing like this again.