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HN has turned into bitcoin news because bitcoin speculators (enthusiasts if you'd prefer) are constantly spamming social media and other outlets to drive the pr
by trotsky 15y ago
HN 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.