What Helped Foster Digg's Transparency

question 4

Multiple Choice

What helped foster Digg's transparency?

• A) Its voting technology
• B) The Paris Hilton cell phone incident
• C) Its lack of editors
• D) Its power users talked about it on their blogs and other forums
• E) Its focus on technology news.

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Definitions:

Nonexcludable Problem

An issue characteristic of public goods, where it is not possible to prevent individuals who do not pay from consuming a good or service.

Optimal Level

The most favorable or efficient level of output or activity under given conditions, maximizing benefits or minimizing costs.

Public Good

A good that is non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning it can be used by everyone and one person's use does not diminish another's.

Free-rider Problem

A situation where individuals consume a good without contributing to its cost, typically in the context of public goods.