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by 0xffff2 2387 days ago
Every system is subject to gaming. The current system obviously is. The relevant question is "is the proposed system better than the old system?", not "can the proposed system be gamed?".
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Thank you for this. I feel like a lot of people like to shoot down new ideas by coming up with a list of flaws, without considering whether the new idea -- even with the flaws -- is still better than the status quo.