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It's probably worse with Bitcoin because all of the community has a financial stake in it succeeding.

by ssharp 11y ago

IkmoIkmo 11y ago
Absolutely that must play a role. But it makes you wonder why anti-bitcoiners create discussion boards when they have no stake in bitcoin's failure, like the guy sanswork in whose comment tree we're posting, who is known to be an active member of 'buttcoin', a board which mostly serves to ridicule the bitcoin community, something in which he has participated in on numerous occasions for no financial gain. It seems quite evident then that you don't need a financial stake to bring out the worst in either community. (Unless of course they massively short bitcoin and believe their discussions on buttcoin make the price drop in any substantial way, but neither is very likely.)
- sanswork 11y ago
  I've been interested in bitcoin for years. It's an interesting community which involves math, cs and finance that leads to interesting conversations(both bit and butt). That is why I'm there. I don't see a future for it but it doesn't mean it can't be entertaining in the short term. Also you clearly know my history so you must know that very little of what I do involves ridicule. I'll be snarky for some truly out there comments, and I have to deal with a lot of undeserved hate, name calling, etc which can lead to less than great replies by myself but generally my conversations are balanced and friendly.
- srdev 11y ago
  > But it makes you wonder why anti-bitcoiners create discussion boards when they have no stake in bitcoin's failure It's actually pretty simple to explain. Buttcoin was the invention of the Something Awful community, which exists primarily to mock stuff on the Internet for comedy purposes. The fact of the matter is that the Bitcoin community is stuffed to the gills with all sorts of absurd and ill-informed beliefs which make it a rich source for mockery (and thus comedy). Given that this behavior is so common online, it's curious that the Bitcoin community doesn't seem to get why this is happening.

It's probably worse with Bitcoin because all of the community has a financial stake in it succeeding.

by ssharp 11y ago

It's probably worse with Bitcoin because all of the community has a financial stake in it succeeding.

Absolutely that must play a role. But it makes you wonder why anti-bitcoiners create discussion boards when they have no stake in bitcoin's failure, like the guy sanswork in whose comment tree we're posting, who is known to be an active member of 'buttcoin', a board which mostly serves to ridicule the bitcoin community, something in which he has participated in on numerous occasions for no financial gain. It seems quite evident then that you don't need a financial stake to bring out the worst in either community. (Unless of course they massively short bitcoin and believe their discussions on buttcoin make the price drop in any substantial way, but neither is very likely.)

sanswork 11y ago
I've been interested in bitcoin for years. It's an interesting community which involves math, cs and finance that leads to interesting conversations(both bit and butt). That is why I'm there. I don't see a future for it but it doesn't mean it can't be entertaining in the short term. Also you clearly know my history so you must know that very little of what I do involves ridicule. I'll be snarky for some truly out there comments, and I have to deal with a lot of undeserved hate, name calling, etc which can lead to less than great replies by myself but generally my conversations are balanced and friendly.
srdev 11y ago
> But it makes you wonder why anti-bitcoiners create discussion boards when they have no stake in bitcoin's failure It's actually pretty simple to explain. Buttcoin was the invention of the Something Awful community, which exists primarily to mock stuff on the Internet for comedy purposes. The fact of the matter is that the Bitcoin community is stuffed to the gills with all sorts of absurd and ill-informed beliefs which make it a rich source for mockery (and thus comedy). Given that this behavior is so common online, it's curious that the Bitcoin community doesn't seem to get why this is happening.