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It's a half-joke. No need to take it that seriously or that jokingly. It's mostly only grifters and cryptocurrency scammers claiming it's amazing. I think idea
by meowface 9mo ago
It's a half-joke. No need to take it that seriously or that jokingly. It's mostly only grifters and cryptocurrency scammers claiming it's amazing.
I think ideas from it will probably partially inspire future, simpler systems.
- wonnage 9mo agoIt may be a joke in the same way that brogramming was a joke and somehow became an enduring tech bro stereotype
- adabyron 9mo agoStrong agreement with this. The whimsical, fantasy, fun, light hearted things are great until a large enough group of people take them as a serious life motto & then try to push it on everyone else.
- leoc 9mo agoTaking the example of the cryptocurrency boom (as a whole) as the guide, the problem is the interaction of two realities: big money on the table; and the self-fulfilling-prophecy (not to say Ponzi) dynamic of needing people to keep clapping for Tinker-bell, in greater and greater numbers, to keep the line going up. It corrupts whimsical fun and community spirit, it corrupts idealism, and it corrupts technical curiosity.
- lupire 9mo agostevey already made $300K from cryptocurrency grift on Gas Town. Read his blog post about it.
- wahnfrieden 9mo agoComplete with a "Let’s goooooooo!" And FOMO stories about missing out on Bitcoin when he knew about it, so he doesn't want you to miss out on this new opportunity to get "filthy rich" as an "investor" while you still can.
- wahnfrieden 9mo agoMore details on the pump and dump scheme he joined in on promoting and drew money from: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vib...
- JasonADrury 9mo ago[flagged]
- meowface 9mo agoBecause you'd be aiding and abetting a pennystock scam.
- JasonADrury 9mo agoThe difference between bags.fm and pennystock scams is that bags.fm is very obviously not marketed as an investment, but a crowdfunding tool.
- wahnfrieden 9mo agoYegge write a blog post for his readers where he called it an investment and hoped the investors would get “filthy rich”.
- meowface 9mo agoIt's absolutely marketed as an investment, and solely used and referenced by people saying it is an investment. This is like saying those cannabis paraphernalia shops are marketed as only for tobacco.
- victorbjorklund 9mo agoBut people do. There are people who genuinely think crypto is an investment. Yes, smart people knows it is just a grift and that it is just about selling it on to the next person before it crashes. But is it moral to make money on stupid people? Many people lose all their money on gambling even if we always known gambling is a loss.
- cap11235 9mo agoPeople keep giving him the benefit of the doubt. "He's clearly on to something, I just don't know what". I know what. The hustle of the shill. He has long gone from 'let's use a lot of tokens' to seeking a high score. He disgusts me.
- meowface 9mo agoWhat high score?
- torginus 9mo agowhat the? how do you sell crypto based on a description of an orchestration framework? donations?