# kaal:claim:6655138-028

**Claim.** The weight assigned to any single reputation scalar in selection mechanisms must be upper-bounded, otherwise reputation feedback admits reputation-monopoly fixed points in which one dominant agent absorbs all generative flow.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- selection mechanisms that weight agents by reputation

**Source quote.**

> The weight assigned to any single reputation scalar in selection mechanisms is upper-bounded, preventing reputation-monopoly fixed points in which a single dominant agent absorbs all generative flow.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems* (2026), VII.D Architectural conditions for fixed-point existence, AC3, page 21

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6655138

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**Failure mode.** Reputation monopoly  (family: reputation-system-gaming)

**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** ac3, reputation-monopoly, bounded-feedback, selection-mechanism

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