Comments on: KrazyDad: Mayor of the North Pole http://laughingmeme.org/2010/02/16/krazydad-mayor-of-the-north-pole/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gail from GrowMap http://laughingmeme.org/2010/02/16/krazydad-mayor-of-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-817915 Gail from GrowMap Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:57:44 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4514#comment-817915 <p>Having fun with mythical locations is one thing; doing anything that damages real businesses and users by corrupting the information - even if it is "easy" - is another. </p> <p>Our choices and actions always affect others so it is wise to carefully consider them before we do anything that can cause harm. To do less is simply selfish.</p> Having fun with mythical locations is one thing; doing anything that damages real businesses and users by corrupting the information – even if it is “easy” – is another.

Our choices and actions always affect others so it is wise to carefully consider them before we do anything that can cause harm. To do less is simply selfish.

]]> By: Kellan http://laughingmeme.org/2010/02/16/krazydad-mayor-of-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-813541 Kellan Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:22:22 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4514#comment-813541 <p>I agree. Of course if Foursquare didn't have "Flickr-style" tagging, aka 1 tag instances per object aka broken, and instead had an interface where tags coalesced into agreement, then this would be a hard enough attack that there would be a strong signal that you were poisoning a commons. Still possible w/ socket puppets, but harder, and much more socially discouraged.</p> I agree. Of course if Foursquare didn’t have “Flickr-style” tagging, aka 1 tag instances per object aka broken, and instead had an interface where tags coalesced into agreement, then this would be a hard enough attack that there would be a strong signal that you were poisoning a commons. Still possible w/ socket puppets, but harder, and much more socially discouraged.

]]> By: Tom Insam http://laughingmeme.org/2010/02/16/krazydad-mayor-of-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-813514 Tom Insam Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:51:24 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=4514#comment-813514 <p>The cheating I can ignore. If someone I follow in 4sq starts cheating, I'll just drop them. The site has a purpose, which is meeting people. If I know you're cheating, then fine, you're no longer interesting.</p> <p>Where I got annoyed was "So I started identifying high-traffic places via the above Twitter search, and then adding the tag “boat”. Suddenly, visitors to metropolitan airports and various sports arenas got free sailboats". For some reason, stealing mayorships seems ok, if childish. But here he's actively poisoning the place database. I can claim a mayorship back. I can't un-get a badge. Handing them out at random devaules them.</p> The cheating I can ignore. If someone I follow in 4sq starts cheating, I’ll just drop them. The site has a purpose, which is meeting people. If I know you’re cheating, then fine, you’re no longer interesting.

Where I got annoyed was “So I started identifying high-traffic places via the above Twitter search, and then adding the tag “boat”. Suddenly, visitors to metropolitan airports and various sports arenas got free sailboats”. For some reason, stealing mayorships seems ok, if childish. But here he’s actively poisoning the place database. I can claim a mayorship back. I can’t un-get a badge. Handing them out at random devaules them.

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