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It isn't re-hashing, I actually copied and pasted my own comment, verbatim. And with good reason. Despite the humorous tone, my comment is about how easy it is
by ucaetano 9y ago
It isn't re-hashing, I actually copied and pasted my own comment, verbatim. And with good reason.
Despite the humorous tone, my comment is about how easy it is to manipulate prices in unregulated, anonymous markets. It might sound like a joke, but it isn't, and it relates to the article in question.
But I'll put it in different wording: in an anonymous, unregulated market, it is very hard to validate transactions as being between unrelated parties, and therefore easy to manipulate prices.
- dang 9y agoYes, please don't copy and paste on Hacker News. We're trying for thoughtful discussion here. Imagine what would happen if everyone did that! HN is an internet forum where we're trying to find and talk about interesting things. Once something has been repeated enough times it ceases to be interesting. This is incompatible with the intellectual curiosity HN exists for (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). What makes this so difficult is that repetition is its own form of pleasure and doubly so when indignation is excited. My dream is to get all of us on HN to be aware of this dynamic so we can focus on curiosity—which has quite a different texture—and steer clear of the tedious. The points you're repeating about Bitcoin have been commonplace for a long time now, and the jokey format dilutes quality further. You're not the only one doing this, but the copy-pasting thing is bad. As if these threads weren't repetitive enough already!