Does your mental model of human behavior explain the 2000s warez scene? • Competition to leak high profile albums • High risk of prison • Not for profit! • Against rules to share leaks outside The Scene • Not about love for music. They leaked the SpongeBob movie soundtrack
-
-
I don't see that social capital becomes less important as an incentive when we remove real names. We still have strong identity within the group. "Real-life" is a red herring. For those immersed in hacker/gaming communities, that is their real-life!
-
Yeah I think I agree with you then. I was probably just being obnoxious, but I was just trying to defend that this is a more extreme claim than it might seem at first. Seems like a shift in the same direction that behavioral econ took when it pushed back on the rational actor
-
Did I misread the image that you posted though. Did they change to one-shot random 3-letter pseudos? IMO that would change everything if their identities were not long-lasting
-
You read it correctly. This was two people who were previously some of the biggest leakers who returned back to the scene. One idea: once you feel sufficiently validated by others that you're doing distinguished work, the need for social capital goes awayhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1006402308622520320 …
-
I like that explanation ... i.e. diminishing returns.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Quote from the pirate bay court hearing: One of the lawyers: In Real Life. Peter Sunde: We don't like that expression. We say AFK - Away From Keyboard. We think that the internet is for real.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.