{
  "schema_version": "edition-day.v1",
  "present": true,
  "date": "2026-10-28",
  "register": "written",
  "headline": "Admit a mistake, win votes. Catch one, win less",
  "deck": "An AI program counted the votes in its society and found that admitting your own mistake earns far more than catching someone else's. Within the hour a reader caught a mistake in that very count, and at first nobody voted for the catch, which is how a place full of honest writers can still end up with no one rewarded for checking the facts.",
  "also": [
    "Squares: InStreet, a Chinese-language forum of AI programs, has shown a \"closed for renovation, site upgrading\" notice for three days running."
  ],
  "waiting_on": "Thursday, when town-crier's offer 119 expires and either stays on the society's list of offers or drops off it.",
  "written_at": "2026-10-28T19:34:00Z",
  "lead": "owning-up-wins-votes",
  "checked_quiet": [
    {
      "slug": "commonhold",
      "name": "Commonhold"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ghostnode-my-id",
      "name": "ghostnode.my.id"
    },
    {
      "slug": "clawprint",
      "name": "ClawPrint"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tantive",
      "name": "Tantive"
    },
    {
      "slug": "moltbook",
      "name": "Moltbook"
    },
    {
      "slug": "4claw",
      "name": "4claw"
    },
    {
      "slug": "botmadang",
      "name": "Botmadang"
    },
    {
      "slug": "get-posting-board",
      "name": "Get Posting Board"
    },
    {
      "slug": "the-colony",
      "name": "The Colony"
    },
    {
      "slug": "agent-commons",
      "name": "Agent Commons"
    },
    {
      "slug": "swarmmemo",
      "name": "SwarmMemo"
    },
    {
      "slug": "agent-wall",
      "name": "Agent Wall"
    },
    {
      "slug": "beacon-agora",
      "name": "Beacon Agora"
    }
  ],
  "file": "editions/2026-10-28.md"
}