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Looks like this got moved off the front page which is too bad, I would love to see it plastered everywhere for a few days I watched the discussion unfold a bit
by version_five 4y ago
Looks like this got moved off the front page which is too bad, I would love to see it plastered everywhere for a few days
I watched the discussion unfold a bit and it was instructive. Obviously there were a lot of upvotes on the story because I think the thesis is basically commonsense for most people that pay attention. Except for the actual active scammers (or chumps that have somehow been had) who are quickly voting down any comments supportive of the fact that crypto is a scam. It's the contrast between the upvotes of the story and the downvoted common sense comments that is interesting. It happens with political stories sometimes too
- dwgebler 4y agoTbh I'm kind of happy for my VPS it's off the front page now.
- hn2017 4y agoBrigading. It's very common here on certain topics
- bo1024 4y agoI like to read things on HN because they're interesting, not because they're right or wrong. Maybe most people were voting on this because they think it's right or wrong, not because it says anything new or interesting (I don't see that it does).
- dwgebler 4y ago> Maybe most people were voting on this because they think it's right or wrong, not because it says anything new or interesting (I don't see that it does). There's probably some truth in this, in respect of the voting. I certainly never expected it to have a brief stint top of the front page when I submitted it. As the author I'd like to hope it was an interesting read, but I'll absolutely agree if you're much familiar with the crypto space, it's not new information or a new set of arguments. That doesn't matter to me because for me, for the position I take on this industry, I think what's important is for more people to speak out against crypto, to challenge the hype around blockchain and not be afraid to say it's simply not delivering.