Comment on Tim O'Reilly: The Biggest Ponzi Scheme of Them AllComments−known17yIsn't PageRank a type of Ponzi scheme?−justindz17yA Ponzi scheme is where new investors pay returns to existing investors, but there is no actual trade made using the income.EDIT: Oops. Explained adsense. Too much multi-tasking. Irrelevant anyway, since PageRank does not have any of the above characteristics.Per prior comments, everything is not suddenly a Ponzi scheme.−jwesley17yPageRank is a tool used to rank web pages in search results. But maybe Google is a Ponzi scheme. Users create all the content, Google sells all the ads!−llimllib17y<Brain Explodes>Not everything is a dang Ponzi Scheme! Sheesh.
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Isn't PageRank a type of Ponzi scheme?
A Ponzi scheme is where new investors pay returns to existing investors, but there is no actual trade made using the income.
EDIT: Oops. Explained adsense. Too much multi-tasking. Irrelevant anyway, since PageRank does not have any of the above characteristics.
Per prior comments, everything is not suddenly a Ponzi scheme.
PageRank is a tool used to rank web pages in search results. But maybe Google is a Ponzi scheme. Users create all the content, Google sells all the ads!
<Brain Explodes>
Not everything is a dang Ponzi Scheme! Sheesh.