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February 26, 2006
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I disagree with this article about why nobody cheats on BitTorrent. I think plenty of people cheat. Also, the tribes Hales & Patarin is speaking about is too short-lived to make a difference if they are actually talking about bittorrents. However, tribal activity does exist in the private bittorrent sites where everyone is tagged with a ratio. Here is where behavior is rewarded or punished. People with low ratios are kicked out while high ratios are awarded with praise and more downloads. People brag about their high ratio numbers. How odd that we move so quickly into a hierarchial society.
One way that collaboration can work is by measuring cooperation numerically. Microsoft should build that into TeamPlace.
One more note about bittorrents. This technology had a steeper learning curve than Napster or eMule. I wonder if this is revealing increasing complexity in file sharing or just an evolutionary change to adapt to the lawsuits or both. It is definitely hot.
Posted by azileretsis at February 26, 2006 10:09 PM
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