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I'm Polish and I feel offended by this article, especially the last paragraph. Whatever our national bank did, it's not OK to write about it in such a tone.

by pjf 9y ago

xchaotic 9y ago
Indeed. The author of the article seems to be implying certain things without any evidence. Most people in Poland dabbling in crypto are very well aware of information in English and use exchanges and websites that are in English anyway, so not sure where that article conclusion came from...
- viraptor 9y ago
  According to Wikipedia Poland's got 37% people who can speak English. That's across all population/ages. So yeah, claiming lack of access to primarily-English information is just silly.
  - gocartStatue 9y ago
    Since nineties English class is mandatory at school on any level. B1 English is required to get our "bachelors" equivalent.
- ozim 9y ago
  People dabbling in crypto are not target audience for such advert. This advert is for general public. As for the grandparent, I think he might be in some english speaking bubble in Poland. My friends that are not IT related and are not living/working abroad are for instance not aware of the same information sources about crypto. Internet speed ranking is some BS put there to show how Poland is behind. That could be taken out from article. But if author implies that people in Poland are so behind in technology, then they should not dabble in cryptocurrencies, and government is doing right thing. Just this week I was explaining bitcoin to a friend. He is not frequenting english language internet, only for buying stuff from China. He knew there is bitcoin and that you can earn a lot on it. So I had to make sure that he knows buying bitcoin is buying magic beans from unknown people on internet. So this kind of campaign is good for general public. If someone is really into it, knows risks let him play. For other people, make sure they know the risks and that they can loose real money.
dreen 9y ago
Agreed, I didn't read to the last paragraph because of how first half was written, so I went back and read it... This article is inflammatory and lacks proper context.
didymospl 9y ago
Well, Poland may not be the most technologically advanced country in the world but at least most of Polish web devs can make dropdown menu to be displayed in front of the banners which is apparently beyond the abilities of this site's authors.
V-2 9y ago
"...one of the least technologically advanced country in Eastern Europe, with a paltry internet speed ranking of 41..." It's not about the "tone" or feeling "offended". It's simply uninformed. For starters, internet speed ranking is only loosely correlated with overall technological advancement - speaking in the context of developed countries, among which these differences tend to be fairly subtle already. For what it's worth, the same source the author refers to (Akamai) puts Poland ahead of France (by 17%) and Italy (by 37%) in terms of average internet connection speed. https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the-internet-report/state-of-the-internet-connectivity-visualization.jsp https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the... - is this supposed to indicate France is less technologically advanced? http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20171013091006271 http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2017101... The World Economic Forum's Networked Readiness Index (which "measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by ICT") places Poland at 7th out of 20 Eastern European countries. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR2016/WEF_GITR_Chapter1.1_2016.pdf http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR2016/WEF_GITR_Chapter1.1_20... Also note that the growth rate of R&D expenditure in Poland is among the highest in Europe (Europe in general, not just whatever gets passed off as "Eastern"). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Average_annual_growth_rate_of_R%26D_expenditure_in_business_enterprises,_2005-2014_(1)(2)_update.PNG http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/... The problem is not the tone, the problem is ignorance - it doesn't matter if they'd sugarcoat it or not.

I'm Polish and I feel offended by this article, especially the last paragraph. Whatever our national bank did, it's not OK to write about it in such a tone.

by pjf 9y ago

I'm Polish and I feel offended by this article, especially the last paragraph. Whatever our national bank did, it's not OK to write about it in such a tone.

xchaotic 9y ago

Indeed. The author of the article seems to be implying certain things without any evidence. Most people in Poland dabbling in crypto are very well aware of information in English and use exchanges and websites that are in English anyway, so not sure where that article conclusion came from...

viraptor 9y ago
According to Wikipedia Poland's got 37% people who can speak English. That's across all population/ages. So yeah, claiming lack of access to primarily-English information is just silly.
- gocartStatue 9y ago
  Since nineties English class is mandatory at school on any level. B1 English is required to get our "bachelors" equivalent.
ozim 9y ago
People dabbling in crypto are not target audience for such advert. This advert is for general public. As for the grandparent, I think he might be in some english speaking bubble in Poland. My friends that are not IT related and are not living/working abroad are for instance not aware of the same information sources about crypto. Internet speed ranking is some BS put there to show how Poland is behind. That could be taken out from article. But if author implies that people in Poland are so behind in technology, then they should not dabble in cryptocurrencies, and government is doing right thing. Just this week I was explaining bitcoin to a friend. He is not frequenting english language internet, only for buying stuff from China. He knew there is bitcoin and that you can earn a lot on it. So I had to make sure that he knows buying bitcoin is buying magic beans from unknown people on internet. So this kind of campaign is good for general public. If someone is really into it, knows risks let him play. For other people, make sure they know the risks and that they can loose real money.

dreen 9y ago

Agreed, I didn't read to the last paragraph because of how first half was written, so I went back and read it... This article is inflammatory and lacks proper context.

didymospl 9y ago

Well, Poland may not be the most technologically advanced country in the world but at least most of Polish web devs can make dropdown menu to be displayed in front of the banners which is apparently beyond the abilities of this site's authors.

V-2 9y ago

"...one of the least technologically advanced country in Eastern Europe, with a paltry internet speed ranking of 41..." It's not about the "tone" or feeling "offended". It's simply uninformed. For starters, internet speed ranking is only loosely correlated with overall technological advancement - speaking in the context of developed countries, among which these differences tend to be fairly subtle already. For what it's worth, the same source the author refers to (Akamai) puts Poland ahead of France (by 17%) and Italy (by 37%) in terms of average internet connection speed. https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the-internet-report/state-of-the-internet-connectivity-visualization.jsp https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the... - is this supposed to indicate France is less technologically advanced? http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20171013091006271 http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2017101... The World Economic Forum's Networked Readiness Index (which "measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by ICT") places Poland at 7th out of 20 Eastern European countries. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR2016/WEF_GITR_Chapter1.1_2016.pdf http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR2016/WEF_GITR_Chapter1.1_20... Also note that the growth rate of R&D expenditure in Poland is among the highest in Europe (Europe in general, not just whatever gets passed off as "Eastern"). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Average_annual_growth_rate_of_R%26D_expenditure_in_business_enterprises,_2005-2014_(1)(2)_update.PNG http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/... The problem is not the tone, the problem is ignorance - it doesn't matter if they'd sugarcoat it or not.