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Originally Posted by Cecily
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No. I don't need definitions for your fucking Wall Street slang, you capitalist pig. Who. Besides you. Says it. Here?
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Its used in social sciences in general (particularly economics and political science) to talk about problems with "collective action." Or having people do whats best for everyone rather than whats best for themselves. This is a problem because their a situations where when everyone does whats best for themselves, things work worse for each individual overall.
To do whats best for myself in Aftermath, I should never track and only log into raids that take minimal time investment. If everyone did this however, Awakened would get everything. So the people that currently track in Aftermath have a "free rider problem." Where those that don't track are able to to get the rewards that come from tracking.
I guess it never occurred to me that most people never heard of the free rider problem.