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RE: Increasing number of users = increasing amount of bad behavior?
Hm ... I get what you mean, but I am not convinced that this behavior is really rational. At a first glance it may be, but it damages reputation in the long term, so that the negative consequences, not only for the community as a whole (and thereby indirectly for every member), but also directly for these individuals, may outbalance the positive ones.
This is classic prisoner's dilemma from game theory - too often used though, as Godwin's law in political dicussions ;-) But it has solution - set of rules on protocol's level