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So, trivially broad definition of "resource" it is, then.

So, the game of Go has no tactics or strategy? Or are you being so broad with "resource" that it covers everything trivially?

It might be useful to note that there's a difference between just cheating someone out of money (like a maid planting fake damage, and charging the customer) and full on confidence game work (in which the confidence of the mark must be gained to get them to willfully commit to an action that...

There is also the storytelling card game, "Once Upon a Time" from Atlas games, that can be useful for prompts.

It would be interesting to see under what rationale people call it "junk".

Such algorithms are common on the largest platforms, but do not define "social media". The Oxford definition is, "websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking," and EN World fits that definition pretty well.

While social media has risks for the young, I think that's a separate issue from the broad social ills we work under now with respect to the tech. I will let developmental psychologists figure out what should happen for under age users. I daresay that if EN World had to verify ages to the...

But, also, when the punishment for doing harm is a fine, it just becomes part of the cost for doing business. If there is profit in it, they'll accept the cost.

EN World is social media.

Alas, I think you have it backwards in effect - this would do less good in controlling bad behavior than it would do harm in enabling folks to be harrassed.

Book #8 comes out this May. I would recommend having at least a little bit of a throttle on the binge - insert at least one non-DCC book after each DCC-book.

Found witch. Beat up demon.

Be enthusiastic. Wait, not like that! One of the consequences of being important is that people will get wrapped up in it. You cannot have the importance without the fervent engagement.

So, it looks past time for social media to come with warning labels about its content. Maybe a nice dialog, every time the page loads or content refreshes?

On the scale of human endeavor, it could be said this entire site is "wasted energy". So, folks really should not let that stop them.