SO /LIT/ - AND THAT'S THE BLOODY THING ABOUT /LIT/. IT'S LIKE - WHAT IS IT, MAN? YOU CAN CALL IT AN OPEN MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS, AND CERTAINLY SOME RESEARCHERS HAVE DONE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHAT THE - WHAT THE - CURRENCY IS THAT UNDERLIES THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF INCENTIVISATION THAT PRODUCES THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND WITHIN THAT MARKET. BECAUSE LET'S SAY ON REDDIT YOU HAVE THE UPVOTE AND DOWNVOTE MECHANISM WHICH ESTABLISHES A SOCIAL VALUE TO THE PERCEIVED TRUTH. BUT ON /LIT/ - IT'S CHAOS, MAN. THE DUALITY THAT MORE OR LESS APPROXIMATES THE TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD BECOMES PSYCHICALLY TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING LIKE THE BASED-CRINGE DICHOTOMY. AND IT'S LIKE - THE GUY WHO CAN GET THE MOST (You)S WINS! THAT'S A RECIPE FOR - HELL - FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR!