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		dochtman on July 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003) I think Doctorow later was more explicit about the downsides of a Whuffie-like reputation systems, IIRC even in one of his fictional works?

egypturnash on July 23, 2023 [–]

One of the early antagonists in Walkaway is a group of reputation economy jerkbags.

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