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Everything filed under family family Everything filed under video games video games Everything filed under demographics demographics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Free-to-play games' dependence on big-spending whales is strong evidence that they are a negative development Free-to-play games' dependence onbig-spending whales is strong evidencethat they are a negative development Last stated 5 years ago 27 Aug 2021 PM Patrick McKenzie — no longer holds since 2021-08-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freemium games that reward watching advertisements or allow whale-level spending should be considered harmful. — tap to centre the map on it Freemium games that reward watchingadvertisements or allow whale-levelspending should be consideredharmful. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The malaise in the game industry needs no complicated theory: the games that failed recently simply were not fun enough to compete with everything else in people's lives. — tap to centre the map on it The malaise in the game industryneeds no complicated theory: thegames that failed recently simplywere not fun enough to compete witheverything else in people's lives. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2025 TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lack of unsupervised free play and independence is a key contributor to the rise in child fragility — tap to centre the map on it Lack of unsupervised free play andindependence is a key contributor tothe rise in child fragility Last stated 2 years ago 19 Mar 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A comedy world cannot run on jokes alone: forty hours of humour needs story, heart and drama underneath it or it stops working. — tap to centre the map on it A comedy world cannot run on jokesalone: forty hours of humour needsstory, heart and drama underneath itor it stops working. Last stated a year ago 31 Oct 2025 DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A game is a machine built around uncertainty. — tap to centre the map on it A game is a machine built arounduncertainty. Last stated 12 months ago 3 Nov 2025 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from. — tap to centre the map on it A game is an equation between twopersonalities, the world's and theprotagonist's, and the frictionbetween them is where the experiencecomes from. Last stated a year ago 31 Oct 2025 DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Free-to-play games' dependence on big-spending whales is strong evidence that they are a negative development Last stated 27 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago No longer holds Patrick McKenzie Read this korrent →