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		pmb on Nov 9, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Slaps Google: “Openness Doesn’t Mean Bein... Openness also doesn't mean being a sucker. Share and share-alike provides an optimal solution to the iterated prisoner's dilemma of openness.

araneae on Nov 9, 2010 [–]

They're stuck in a continuous defect!

pmb on Nov 9, 2010 | [–]

Not at all - Google is defecting, but is offering to cease defecting under certain conditions. It's only continuous if Facebook keeps being a jerk.

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