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On HN, what happens when people point out "this is a con?" Downvotes, flags, warnings from the moderator, and (last but most) absurdist pushback from other comm
by oh_my_goodness 4y ago
On HN, what happens when people point out "this is a con?" Downvotes, flags, warnings from the moderator, and (last but most) absurdist pushback from other commenters.
At the time, lots of people said something at the time. Later on, yeah, "nobody said anything at the time."
- Balgair 4y agoThis Onion headline says it best: https://www.theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551 https://www.theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-j... Anyone that's in crypto still is asking to loose it all. I don't know why, maybe it's getting their jimmies rustled, but I know that all the signs have been blaring for years now.
- oh_my_goodness 4y agoThere's no way anybody could have known!
- pointsnfigures1 4y agoThe VCs blew it in their diligence. They should have known
- blitzar 4y agoThis would be more convincing if you could cite an article/comment along the lines of "SBF is gambling with depositors cash". There is plenty of crypto is a scam that get upvoted, and piled on by the crypto is a scam crowd. Its almost a meme on hn at this point to get upvotes just write "crypto is a scam"