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When thousands of people control one game character

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Crowdsourcing decision making is usually a terrible idea, let alone doing it in real-time. 'Twitch Plays' streams mapped chat commands directly to software inputs, meaning thousands of entirely uncoordinated people were frantically typing directions to move one single digital character. It took hundreds of hours to walk up minor staircases, proving democracy is deeply flawed.

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