[rhacker]

> tragedy of the commons

Huh, I thought that was about shared resources getting ruined.

[bittercynic]

The shared resource is the validity of like counts.

[BeFlatXIII]

To be fair, the validity of like counts and other similar engagement metrics being polluted is a good thing.

[hollerith]

A tragedy of the commons and the "autoliker" problem described in the OP are both "coordination problems": people are worse off because they do coordinate with each other.

[splithalf]

Sort of the same thing isn’t it?