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Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype

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Re: Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype

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Would you please stop posting flamebait comments on divisive topics to Hacker News? It's not what this site is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It is divisive to point out that the hype behind crypto currencies has to do with empowering the poor? My apologies for bringing up facts when parent brought a personal attack.

This reply is itself a good example of the flamewar style: low substance, hot topic, irritable rhetoric. I understand the temptation to post this way, but on HN we're trying to eke out a small space not dominated by it.

The idea here is thoughtful conversation. You're welcome to participate in that, but not to turn it into something different, which is what flamebait and flamewars do.

Re: Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype

#112
post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is divisive to point out that the hype behind crypto currencies has to do with empowering the poor? My apologies for bringing up facts when parent brought a personal attack.

This reply is itself a good example of the flamewar style: low substance, hot topic, irritable rhetoric. I understand the temptation to post this way, but on HN we're trying to eke out a small space not dominated by it. The idea here is thoughtful conversation. You're welcome to participate in that, but not to turn it into something different, which is what flamebait and flamewars do.

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