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Centralized platforms are locked into an arms race in which developers infer the rules of the ranking algorithm and exploit them, forcing the owner to keep the algorithm opaque and under constant revision.

The Google search engine algorithm is constantly be- ing improved, because website developers infer the rules of the algorithm and exploit its properties to raise their site

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021), From Social Media to Decentralized Coordination, p. 6
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

• applies to centrally owned information filtering algorithms such as search ranking

mechanismsupport: arguedfailure: algorithm-exploitation-arms-racefamily: reputation-system-gamingregulatory-failuredisclosure

• extended_by kaal:claim:3782214-039 Because major social media platforms are privately and centrally owned, their governance processes and reputat...
• extended_by kaal:claim:3782203-005 No static set of rules can perfectly reflect the will of a group without leaving loopholes that adversaries ex...

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