Well put, Bill.  The same thing happened with the SETI@home project, for those who are familiar with that.  It was a screensaver that allowed you to analyze a packet of data to search for extraterrestrial life.  Some users got so immersed in the "numbers game" that they found a way to hack the screensaver so they could "complete" more packets faster to get a higher ranking, and defeating the purpose of the research project.  

TheWebbman
Webb Pickersgill
 
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From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:56 PM
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Re: One GPS or Two????
This whole bitterness and bickering over whether these two teams are actually two different teams or just a single team pretending to be two is the perfect illustration of why we love the geocaching hunt but don't log caches.  The whole numbers game has the potential to bring out the worst in people.
 
Bill