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Not to be the one prone to whataboutism, but why is the one blatantly unsubstantive pro-crypto comment chided while several other equally blatantly unsubstantiv

Not to be the one prone to whataboutism, but why is the one blatantly unsubstantive pro-crypto comment chided while several other equally blatantly unsubstantive anti-crypto comments never receive the same treatment?

aaron695 3y ago
95% of HN comments are unsubstantive, so that was never the actual rule applied. It's probably - "Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." Saying it's unsubstantive is nicer. It was a substantive comment. It made a statement of fact that contradicted the articles title. That allowed someone to reply with another substantive fact "Bitcoin addresses hasn't grown for 2 years" with link Which I would not agree is exactly a correct summary of the data, but it's worth looking at and has create a thread far better than most of the others - https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&m=addresses.ActiveCount&resolution=1month https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&m=addresses.Activ...
- s1gnp0st 3y ago
  Transactions have moved to layer two. Scarcity on layer one is an intentional, desirable property without which we have an expensive simulation of the inflationary currencies we already have.
dang 3y ago
If there are other comments that broke the site guidelines that didn't get moderated, most likely we just didn't see them. We don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted here. Past explanations here in case they're useful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=likeliest%20explanation%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- s1gnp0st 3y ago
  I hope to see you on the next thread where the echo chamber insists Bitcoin is used solely for drugs and murder. The moderation has been extremely lopsided on this issue.
  - dang 3y ago
    I'm pretty sure that's not the case. People on all sides of such topics frequently feel that the mods are disagreeing with them. Here are lots of past explanations if anyone wants to read more: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

aaron695 3y ago

95% of HN comments are unsubstantive, so that was never the actual rule applied. It's probably - "Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." Saying it's unsubstantive is nicer. It was a substantive comment. It made a statement of fact that contradicted the articles title. That allowed someone to reply with another substantive fact "Bitcoin addresses hasn't grown for 2 years" with link Which I would not agree is exactly a correct summary of the data, but it's worth looking at and has create a thread far better than most of the others - https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&m=addresses.ActiveCount&resolution=1month https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&m=addresses.Activ...

s1gnp0st 3y ago
Transactions have moved to layer two. Scarcity on layer one is an intentional, desirable property without which we have an expensive simulation of the inflationary currencies we already have.

dang 3y ago

If there are other comments that broke the site guidelines that didn't get moderated, most likely we just didn't see them. We don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted here. Past explanations here in case they're useful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=likeliest%20explanation%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

s1gnp0st 3y ago
I hope to see you on the next thread where the echo chamber insists Bitcoin is used solely for drugs and murder. The moderation has been extremely lopsided on this issue.
- dang 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure that's not the case. People on all sides of such topics frequently feel that the mods are disagreeing with them. Here are lots of past explanations if anyone wants to read more: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...