Bitcoin Forum

Im tired of these stupid people with 1 post or 2 who say stuff like SELL SELL SELL or BITCOINS ARE GOING ILLEGAL
will sum1 please erase these posts if the user has less that 50 posts.
its either trolls or haters who wanna throw more panic into the bitcoin system and its annoying, its only slowing the bitcoin growth

That's quite ironic, because Bitcoin is supposed to be an unregulated currency.

No shit I agree dumb ass people.

its not ironic cus this forum is not a currency
i cant trade my posts for stuff

Oh really? I was about to offer 1 BTC for this thread, but I guess I will take my business elsewhere now.

trollers gunna troll?

...and your point is related to the OP how?

I think decentralizing the entire concept of a bitcoin forum is the best way to go.

Why does everybody keeps descending here?

Grand central station?

Various forums can have their own rules.  Some will prefer the elitist cabal style of kuro5in, others will prefer the 'benevolent' elitism of slashdot, still others will prefer the inane nature of digg and facebook style interaction.

Simple machines forum default settings leave much to be desired.

Hmm yes so not only do you want to stifle god given first amendment rights but you want to destroy the very principles bitcoin is built on (freedom from regulation by third parties). If anyone is really destroying both freedom and bitcoin here, it's you, facist.

agreed.  can we just get all these type of posts moved to meta, or better yet, ban them all and let them start their own "end of the world for bitcoin" forum.

Hmm what next, gonna suggest perhaps that the second amendment be removed or perhaps that everyone should be forced to pay for healthcare insurance they don't want? Just because you don't agree with whats being said doesn't mean it's not protected free speech you fucking nazi.

First they came for the trolls, and I did not speak out because I wasn't a troll.

Then they came for somethingawful, and I did not speak out because I wasn't a goon.

Then they came for LulzSec, and I did not speak out because I wasn't an anon.

Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Judging for the result of the self-evident trolling, yes, I think there should be some kind of regulation regarding "panic sell sell sell" and the like. Perhaps a new thread specifically for that kind of bullshit can be created. By doing so, there would be no violation of any free-speech rights, and idiotic-content-laking posts would be moved just for the sake of having a clean forum.

How about if the users of this forum bother you, you start an alternate forum?  I have no quarrel with these silly posters.

bitcoin.org should run a technical forum and leave all other aspects of discussion to private sites.

It's not a bad idea.

I'd be extremely annoyed if the only place I could go to discuss the USD was the Federal Reserve website.  Or if the only place to discuss hardware modifications would be AMD.  That's completely nuts.

Instead, there's a market for discussion of money.  You'd hope the in the marketplace of ideas, more restrictive sites would get less readers.

thats actually not such a bad idea.


LOL jeez you dont have to exaggerate so much its not like im asking u to stop breathing
why do angry people exaggerate like this, they immediately suggest people are asking them to die

Hmm could it be because idiots like you seem to think that the first amendment applies only when its something you agree with.  The founding fathers founded america on the principles of liberty and freedom for ALL, not just a subset of those with specific ideals. maybe you need to read up on your constitutional law?

maybe you need to relax and stop getting all worked up over the internet, looks like you need some internet regulation my friend.
maybe some forum regulation too.
all im saying is putting a post limit will stop most trolls from negativly affecting bitcoins. im looking out for the bitcoin as a currency, and all you seem to care about is whether or not you have your first amendment ON THE INTERNET. like omg i dont have enough of that on the INTERNET.

Bitcoin forum is private. They can change the rules and there is nothing wrong about it.

Business professionals -- the people we are trying to convince to accept bitcoins -- are very turned off by the forums.

We are hoping to swap this forum with weusecoins, prefer a "professional code of conduct" and make that the primary forum.

I don't think the bitcoin forum should be at bitcoin.org. Just my (latest) 2 cents. I agree that this place is very unprofessional.

A list of people who agree with you:

1. the dev team
2. major exchange operators
3. major pool operators
4. people trying to start bitcoin businesses
5. people trying to convince existing business to accept bitcoins

Ok.. well can we fix it after Tuesday? :-)

Create some unofficial bitcoin site (a .com or .net), move the forums there, make 0 reference to it on bitcoin.org. And other parties can make their own forums if they want.

To explain a bit more, you should very clearly make a distinction between Bitcoin as an open source platform with a downloadable client, and basically everything else. These forums really "dirty" the image of Bitcoin and could drive down its perceived worth and future quite a bit. They also make a stronger perceptual link between anything written or linked to on these forums, and the makers of Bitcoin, regardless of whether its fair. The fact that people can do some really illegal things using Bitcoin technology makes this even more important. I'm sure none of this is news though.

How about pay per post?  Like 0.01 BTC to the forum for each post.  I bet you'd see a lot less trolling :)

Make that "the peope <i>you</i> are trying to convince to accept bitcoins".  I'm at most moderately interested in existing businesses accepting bitcoins.  What I really want to see is new businesses, the kind that don't exist now because there's too much red tape to start one.  All this effort to drag the USG into bitcoin will prevent those businesses from starting, which means the revolutionary nature of bitcoin is unrealized.

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