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Story about Bitcoin being a good thing on Hacker News. Cue negativity: Comment negative about scams, silly stories and QR codes being bad - check Deeply cynic

by davedx 13y ago

Story about Bitcoin being a good thing on Hacker News. Cue negativity: Comment negative about scams, silly stories and QR codes being bad - check Deeply cynical comment - "They were probably donating for their own gain" - check Skeptical comment that this isn't true - check You're a cynical, negative bunch of pissants these days, HN.

oleganza 13y ago
Top comment outlining typical HN behaviour - check ;-) PS. Bitcoin FTW.
notthemessiah 13y ago
HN encourages people to comment for karma without much regard to whether they have anything to say of consequence. I wouldn't have written this if I could downvote.
ceol 13y ago
I'm not sure how you could look at HN and think it's anything but zealous about Bitcoins. You'd have to have some deep and powerful victimization complex. I only ever see comments like yours on Bitcoin articles. Most every other article, HN is even more negative, and everyone goes along with it, but as soon as it's about Bitcoin, "How dare you say those things!" It's almost as if you've convinced yourself of Bitcoin to the point of not being able to handle anyone questioning it. Your mind just can't comprehend why anyone would not hold the same view as you. I wonder what that sounds like?
- reginaldjcooper 13y ago
  No there's always a few posters that can't stop themselves from referencing tulips or pyramids. And humans remember unpleasant things better in the short term. So there you have it, the GP isn't irrational, but possibly hasn't done a statistical survey.
- davedx 13y ago
  Hah, I see the same negativity in most HN comments, not just Bitcoin articles. The community is a cesspool of snide remarks, put downs and overbearing pseudo-intellectualism. Most days I've stopped reading comments entirely. I think Reddit.com/r/Bitcoin is zealous about Bitcoins, not HN. And you know what? I prefer it. At least people there seem happy, unlike here. YMMV of course...

by davedx 13y ago

oleganza 13y ago

Top comment outlining typical HN behaviour - check ;-) PS. Bitcoin FTW.

notthemessiah 13y ago

HN encourages people to comment for karma without much regard to whether they have anything to say of consequence. I wouldn't have written this if I could downvote.

ceol 13y ago

I'm not sure how you could look at HN and think it's anything but zealous about Bitcoins. You'd have to have some deep and powerful victimization complex. I only ever see comments like yours on Bitcoin articles. Most every other article, HN is even more negative, and everyone goes along with it, but as soon as it's about Bitcoin, "How dare you say those things!" It's almost as if you've convinced yourself of Bitcoin to the point of not being able to handle anyone questioning it. Your mind just can't comprehend why anyone would not hold the same view as you. I wonder what that sounds like?

reginaldjcooper 13y ago
No there's always a few posters that can't stop themselves from referencing tulips or pyramids. And humans remember unpleasant things better in the short term. So there you have it, the GP isn't irrational, but possibly hasn't done a statistical survey.
davedx 13y ago
Hah, I see the same negativity in most HN comments, not just Bitcoin articles. The community is a cesspool of snide remarks, put downs and overbearing pseudo-intellectualism. Most days I've stopped reading comments entirely. I think Reddit.com/r/Bitcoin is zealous about Bitcoins, not HN. And you know what? I prefer it. At least people there seem happy, unlike here. YMMV of course...