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Is this bitcoin article wave an organized thing like the erlang articles of old? Or do people really find it that interesting?
by nasmorn 15y ago
Is this bitcoin article wave an organized thing like the erlang articles of old?
Or do people really find it that interesting?
- Typhon 15y agoIt's a matter of fashion. Right now, bitcoin is new, shiny, and fashionable. It won't last. I predict that in a year, we won't hear about bitcoins anymore.
- hugh3 15y agoEhh, not really. It's not that "we're" interested in bitcoin, it's that "they're" interested in bitcoin. Remember, the sensible thing to do once you own bitcoins is to start spamming all your friends to tell them how awesome bitcoin is. I'd be interested in seeing the stats on who keeps voting these bitcoin articles up, cuz I suspect there's an organized or at least self-organizing voting ring going on.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoSomewhat to my surprise, it doesn't appear that they've triggered the voting ring algorithm yet. (I remember that swombat's Twitter followers did trip it at least once - it can be tripped without scripting.)
- kiba 15y agoI submitted an article everytime I publish something I thought HN readers might like. I never submitted cartoons though. Also, it's not possible for me to figure out which articles get upvoted. Most of my articles don't made the front page anyway. Bitcoin is fertile enough to have an entire magazine dedicated to it.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoBitcoin is: - cool tech - anti-government - geeky - worth more if more people participate There's quite a few, shall we say, enthusiastic people on HN. Things with Bitcoin in the title typically get upvoted to ~20-30 points, regardless of quality (e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2430652 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2430652). I'm willing to bet they are collecting more and more flags, though.