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As someone who's been part of the crypto community since 2011, the level of discourse in most of cryptoland is rock bottom. I attribute it to the decentralized
by drcode 7y ago
As someone who's been part of the crypto community since 2011, the level of discourse in most of cryptoland is rock bottom. I attribute it to the decentralized nature of the technology, which encourages lots of people to attempt manipulate prices through trolling.
- bdcravens 7y agoI would concur (I've been around it a similar amount of time, building my first GPU rigs around that time). I would say it was once a bit better, but maybe that's just rose-tinted nostalgia. ("the good ole days")
- drcode 7y agoYeah, in the early days it was better... I would argue that the average IQ in the community around 2011-2013 was unusually high: The reason some of the people who bought currency in that time period made a fortune is because they foresaw the future and had a prescience that other people lacked (others just got lucky)
- untoreh 7y agoits quite comparable to the web...as it got more widespread the density of likeminded people adjusted to the true average...this does not mean there are no more good places to talk and develop cc, just they are clouded by all the noise above board.
- bdcravens 7y agoAdditionally, the barrier to entry was much higher then (obviously not talking about the price)