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by fazkan 3203 days ago
If you consider your system as a gamified version of online posting sites. From what I have read and from my experience people will always try to game such a system. I am sure you have thought about this, just want to read your thoughts on this.

For example, and someone did mention it in the comments below, if I write a script to analyze the kind of content that gets most votes and simply bet on those to maximize the cash earned. Then this will introduce a perpetual loop of content.