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Talk about an overly dramatic headline, the "post that killed Bitcoins"? but the submitter isn't even sure if the arguments are valid? (And has hacker news tur
by lorax 15y ago
Talk about an overly dramatic headline, the "post that killed Bitcoins"? but the submitter isn't even sure if the arguments are valid? (And has hacker news turned into bitcoin news? it seems like there are several bitcoin links a day)
- jacques_chester 15y agoHN goes in cycles. (This is a trivial observation, since pretty much everything goes in cycles). * Subject X is broached in an exciting blog post. * The submission receives massive upvotes and hundreds of comments. * Subject X simmers. Soon various HN link-targets (AVC, that Steve fellow, TechCrunch, the other guy here called Jacques) begin weighing in, netting their initial submitters still hundreds more karma. * Before long, karma farming means that the front page is overrun with links to posts covering Subject X from every conceivable angle. "Why Subject X is the Future". "Why Subject X is a fad". "Launch a Subject X statup right now!". "Subject X is retarded, here's why". * Then, one day, somebody posts about Subject Y.
- hugh3 15y agoIn this particular case, the whole process is made easier by the fact that bitcoin enthusiasts form a self-organizing PR machine.
- Duff 15y agoIt's a PR campaign.
- trotsky 15y agoHN has turned into bitcoin news because bitcoin speculators (enthusiasts if you'd prefer) are constantly spamming social media and other outlets to drive the price up. Hopefully sometime soon HN editors will see their way to giving it a manual penalty similar to politics, or re-evaluate the definition of a voting ring to include this minority spamming and voting.
- weavejester 15y agoHalf of the bitcoin articles seem to be rather negative, though. If it were just speculators posting, you'd expect to see more positive articles.