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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    1. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11

      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

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    2. Will‏ @_willish Jun 11
      Replying to @backus

      Yes trivially. As other replies have indicated ... social capital. Competition to gain status within the tribe etc. Financial profit is not the only driver, just one dimension, which might 'reduce down' to social validation anyway.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    3. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
      Replying to @_willish

      John Backus Retweeted John Backus

      I agree, but I don't think it is trivial when you acknowledge that social capital can be in terms of anything. See a few of my other replies: 1. https://twitter.com/backus/status/1006398203162288128 … 2. https://twitter.com/backus/status/1006399386723573761 … 3.https://twitter.com/backus/status/1006399055633604610 …

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      John Backus @backus
      Replying to @WayneVaughan @zooko
      Anonymous status among people you don't know IRL for a task that doesn't actually affect you in any way outside of the group doesn't seem simple to me. There is something to this, but ¸IMO many people think about status in terms of globally desirable traits ($, power, influence)
      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    4. Will‏ @_willish Jun 11
      Replying to @backus

      Why do you say anonymous? The individuals had a strong identity within the group. The fact that they didn't use real names doesn't matter, we can attach reputation to a long-lived pseudonym just fine.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
      Replying to @_willish

      Sorry, pseudonymous. Point was just that 1. We're talking pseudonymous social capital within IRC 2. Social capital is independent from "real life", and 3. the fact that social capital can be defined in terms of anything seems possibly accurate, but definitely nontrivial

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    6. Will‏ @_willish Jun 11
      Replying to @backus

      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!

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    7. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
      Replying to @_willish

      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

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Will‏ @_willish Jun 11
      Replying to @backus

      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

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      John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
      Replying to @_willish

      John Backus Retweeted John Backus

      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 …

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      Replying to @kevinakwok
      Yes. Maybe social capital is a means to another end. Social capital is the best tool (that the brain is wired for) for validating that what you are doing is valued/hard. Once that is fully validated, maybe you need social capital less. Would explain desire to leak anonymously.
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        1. Will‏ @_willish Jun 11
          Replying to @backus

          I like that explanation ... i.e. diminishing returns.

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