The Social Cost of Cheap Pseudonyms.

Friedman*, E. J., & Resnick, P. (2001). The Social Cost of Cheap Pseudonyms. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 10(2), 173-199.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2001

DOI

10.1111/j.1430-9134.2001.00173.x

Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1430-9134.2001.00173.x

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economics_finance

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Primes

• Shadow Of The Future
  • The failure modes the prime names are live design concerns: low observability (anonymous or easily-discarded accounts let a cheater shed a bad reputation — "whitewashing"

    This sourceAnalyzes 'whitewashing' — discarding a bad reputation by creating a fresh identity — and the cost it imposes on reputation-based cooperation.

Mechanisms

• Reputation or Track-Record Trace
  • A fresh identity wipes the trace clean

    This sourceShows that replaceable pseudonyms let an actor discard the reputational consequences attached to a prior identity.

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