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As Hunch co-founder Chris Dixon points out, people on popular news aggregator Hacker News like to call almost everything a "ponzi scheme".
A ponzi scheme is a more specific thing than a scam. It's an investment scam where the money from later investors is used to pay earlier investors.
Not everything is a ponzi scheme, guys.
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