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Not much to see here. Crowd sourced, vibe coded app. Not sure what "verified" means because the only verification they did was require a checkbox that "I confirm this is a genuine experience"

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neverenderr 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Fair on "verified" - it's really "manually reviewed" (duplicate/outlier checks), not independently verified. Should probably fix that word on the site.

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unsnap_biceps 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Others confirm the pattern When reports cluster around one office or officer, the algorithm flags a verified pattern automatically

It just requires enough others to say the same thing for it to be verified.

	▲	neverenderr 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Fair catch, clustering does get flagged automatically, but that just means "multiple people reported it," not "confirmed true." Same issue: "verified" oversells it either way.

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superfrank an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> Not sure what "verified" means

If you want your post verified, that'll cost you $100

	▲	neverenderr 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ha, fair dig. For the record, it's optional and has nothing to do with what gets published, but I get why the timing makes it look that way.

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duncangh 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If I were a corrupt official in one of the departments I would simply use a vpn and submit a bunch of data for my specific specialty all across the country and then slightly fewer in my own department to drive demand and set market expectations

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winstonlee 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Counterpoint: if they have that much tech expertise and competency managing things they would have left and make more money doing more productive things :)

	▲	neverenderr 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed.

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junaid0016 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How did you articulate this data? How real is this ?

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gryfft 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In India*

	▲	neverenderr 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		My bad.

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ChrisArchitect 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050566

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969051

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lmz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Could providing a leaderboard drive competition in looking for the highest amount of bribes?

	▲	neverenderr 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Fair point, hadn't considered that. A leaderboard risks rewarding exaggeration. Would think about this.

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snihalani 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

surprisingly accurate. I've seen the average between median and max being the sweet spot (based on 4 datapoints)

	▲	neverenderr 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ha, small sample but I'll take it. Curious what departments those 4 were from, if you remember.

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aussieguy1234 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A lot of people in western countries are unaware of how bad corruption is in the developing world.

It's not uncommon for something like 80% of government officials of all types to be corrupt, compared to under 5-10% in the west.

Go to one of these countries and you'll see it for yourself first hand if you ever deal with the government in any capacity.

You may start to see the same thing in the west with idelologues such as Trump, who care more about loyalty and power than corruption. He has already removed a lot of checks and balances in the system.

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andrewinardeer an hour ago | parent [-]

What the west calls corruption the east calls tradition.

	▲	yieldcrv an hour ago \| parent [-]
		the west just formalizes the expedited processing fee vis “due process” or a “deferred prosecution agreement”