public goods are good
coercion is bad
social games that involve tricking people into thinking you're a public good are bad

imo these three points capture ~90% of what matters in solarpunk / regen

but solving for all three is nontrivial

Milady

What are examples of social games that involve tricking people into thinking you're a public good?

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Thanks for the detailed response. I was hoping to get some real life examples of existing projects/orgs that fall under this definition to get a better idea of what @vitalik.eth was referring to, but this does help!

social games are social engineering-- it's a more straightforward description esp when deception is applied

a public good is a resource or service that is non-excludable (available to everyone, regardless of whether they pay for it) and non-rivalrous (one person’s use does not reduce its availability to others)

1. **Greenwashing or “Impact-Washing”**  
2. **Astroturfing and Fake Community-Driven Initiatives**  
3. **Ponzi-Like Projects Disguised as Altruism**  
4. **Pay-to-Play “Philanthropy”**  
5. **Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Lip Service**  
6. **Transparency and Open Metrics as a Solution**  
7. **Reputation Systems for Accountability**  
8. **Crowdsourced Due Diligence to Detect Deception**  

public good example imo: an opensource model somehow detecting grifters (grifters can also rotate identities) idk how just seems funny