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It was posted once and it was flagged dead. Personally I think it's a good thing to flag when the post is really bad; there's limited space in the front page a
by nandemo 16y ago
It was posted once and it was flagged dead.
Personally I think it's a good thing to flag when the post is really bad; there's limited space in the front page and limited time in a day to rebutt every single piece of blogosphere "wisdom". And this post is really bad. For starters:
> First of all, I admit, I don't totally understand the bitcoin algorithms and systems. I don't really need to.
Uh, ok then. Also, of the main claims in bold these are the only ones that are reasonable:
> The ability of governments to print (and destroy) money is a key tool in economic management.
> FAIL #2: Even if it was a good idea, governments would squash it.
- knowtheory 16y agoHe then goes on to explain why a detailed understanding of the algorithm is besides the point, so it doesn't matter if he knows the ins and outs of the algorithm selected to protect bitcoin. I agree that seriously flawed articles that spread misinformation are reasonable targets for flagging, but this is not one of those articles. Dude clearly has a strong opinion about bitcoin, but he makes a substantive case for why he believes his pov without resorting to shenanigans or incredibly stilted framing. Again, if you disagree with him, this is the sort of post that can be rebutted.