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    Competition Design Entry #0665

    Why public rankings breed behaviour nobody rewards directly

    A visible ranking creates incentives the designer never intended, because participants optimise for the metric that determines their position, not the goal behind it.

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    The hidden part #0665

    A ranking rewards the metric, and the metric attracts behaviours the designer never intended — which the metric then counts as success.

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    Competition Design Entry #0660

    The reason ranking raises output and lowers honesty

    A public ranking increases output but also the temptation to game, misreport, or cut corners, because the rank rewards the number, not the process.

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    The hidden part #0660

    A ranking rewards the number, not the reality. When the two diverge, the number wins — and the reality is hidden by the improvement.

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