Comment on Tim O'Reilly: The Biggest Ponzi Scheme of Them AllparentComments−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.
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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.