In 1982, the Selous Game Reserve was granted "World Heritage Site" status by the United Nations, which formally put it on the map. Then the Tanzanian government decided that they needed to improve access to the reserve to bring in more revenue.
The Internet, Sockpuppets, and the Broken Tail
Why is the Internet like Zimbabwe ... a country where 12 million people survive in a turbulent, informal market, dominated by wealthy dictators, with 11 million percent inflation, and no rule of law?
Because the Internet is just as perversely unequal and unstable; with 1 billion people online, spending per capita is only 33 cents per day and the top 100 businesses accrue more than half of that; reputations to mitigate trade risk are earned in walled-gardens, like Amazon or eBay, and much activity is designed to game the system in order to earn a reputation above and beyond a person’s worth.
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