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by tgragnato 3249 days ago
A clear economic incentive to cheaters or a way to give a weight to mistakes? Does yelp use an algorithm to weight the thing or use the mechanism only as a source of income?

> Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate

The economic incentive to encourage cheaters is the reason why the "trusted intermediary" should always be verified.

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are you quoting me? I don't speak latin.
No, I'm quoting Occam. The literal translation is "don't evaluate the possibilities if it's not necessary".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor