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When Labcoin was "mining," people were watching eligius charts. Discussing variance, interpreting dips as thermal issues...
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Hey Ken, whose chips are you using?
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There are things that people try not to do, without needing laws to specifically prohibit them. Farting at the theater is one such thing. Advertising Ponzis is another. I swear, this is like arguing with a 4-year-old.
Let's stop going around in circles. The illegalities of advertising Ponzis for an American person operating a website from American soil are numerous, and have been stated throughout this thread. They are unimportant. The bad publicity, needless attention from government agencies, and giving a great foothold for Bitcoin's detractors -- those are the important bits. |
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If ponzi scheme is illegal in everywhere, why are there a lot of ponzi threads on Gambling board? Either ban all ponzi threads and ads or allow them. If threads are allowed, ads should be allowed too.
There are things that people try not to do, without needing laws to specifically prohibit them. Farting at the theater is one such thing. Advertising Ponzis is another. I swear, this is like arguing with a 4-year-old. Yeah, I absolutely feel like I'm arguing with a 4 year old when I'm replying to your endless hate posts. Nothing wrong has been done here, if you don't like it, go somewhere else. That's how life works. Nobody is forcing you to use a forum that's advertising something you dislike. Lol, the "NO U!" rebuttal. Next you'll be tying ur own shoelaces. As tedious as this is, I'll repeat: I use Bitcoin. What you do on this forum affects Bitcoin. You're fine with shitting up where you sleep, but the rest of us have to deal with the stench. No, letting you continue your aspie doings ain't happening. You brag about your freedomz to rape and get raped, but when "OMG surprise butsecs!" finally happens, you run whining to the media and the law. And then shit press, new regulations, and everyone ragequits. Latest Wired article ends on: "Meanwhile, Bitcoin users are dealing with the bankruptcy in their own way: by creating a new currency to buy and sell rights to the lost bitcoins, should they ever be recovered." (implicit  ) Followed by comments which could be tersely summed as "ROFL!" |
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If ponzi scheme is illegal in everywhere, why are there a lot of ponzi threads on Gambling board? Either ban all ponzi threads and ads or allow them. If threads are allowed, ads should be allowed too.
There are things that people try not to do, without needing laws to specifically prohibit them. Farting at the theater is one such thing. Advertising Ponzis is another. I swear, this is like arguing with a 4-year-old. |
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@SaltySpitoon
I don't know if Ponzi schemes are legal in Congo or Zimbabwe, and I doubt you do, either. This sort of bottom-scraping mentality, "It might be legal somewhere, so Bitcoin's all over that shit" is not the image I wish to project, how about you?
Accepting Ponzi ads on a pro-Bitcoin forum is stupid in just about every way. Just weigh the extra bitcoins the ads bring (which this forum needs like a lardass needs another bucket of KFC) against the potential for negative attention -- from the press, various TLAs, and the forum's own members. Possibly running afoul of laws while making us look retarded is just the icing on the cake.
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it's hardly misleading or fraudulent when the ad clearly states it's a ponzi.
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TL;DR:
Mainstream press already bashes Bitcoin, so let's make sure the bashing's justified -- give them real facts!
And let's make sure it's something really pathetic and embarrassing, like
"We're not greedy idiots, we built a closed economy! We sell Ponzi schemes. To each other!"
Wow, how much money did you lose to a ponzi mate? You're in denial about your own responsibility. There are people buying drugs with US dollars as well as there are people buying drugs with BTC, the difference is that mainstream media always jumps to the conclusion that things they don't understand are dangerous. Illegal or not, I'm 100% sure ponzi schemes exists with 'real currency' investments, even where they are in fact illegal. Does that say USD are dangerous and are given a bad reputation? No. I have lost exactly zero coins to Ponzis. I also have never been raped, but (and you might find this odd) I'm against promoting rape on this forum. No, Ponzis aren't unique to Bitcoin. But if you must ape degenerate stuff from the fiat world, please do so quietly. Idiots promoting their petty crimez shit things up for everyone using Bitcoin, not just you. |
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Catnip for the press...  |
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TL;DR:
Mainstream press already bashes Bitcoin, so let's make sure the bashing's justified -- give them real facts!
And let's make sure it's something really pathetic and embarrassing, like
"We're not greedy idiots, we built a closed economy! We sell Ponzi schemes. To each other!"
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-Bitcoin? Isn't it the weird money they use it for drugz and shit?
-No way bro, that's totally last year. It's all srs and legit nao. They use it to Ponzi!
Not only is advertising Ponzi schemes horrible PR for Bitcoin, it's also illegal for an American operating from American soil.
You had to make a new account to post this? Psch. If you don't like it, get out. Simple as that. Bitcoin already has a 'bad reputation' in mainstream media cause people connect it to illegal actions. Oic. If I don't like people shitting up Bitcoin, I shoud stfu, walk away, and let the shittening continue? Lol no. *Try to understand that it's not just my coin that gets lousy press because of this stupidity. The same press hurts your coin too. The more bad press, the more excuses for regulators to jump in and regulate the fuck out of us. I'm not here to stop people from pulling cons, all I'm asking is we take down the billboards that advertise those cons. |
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-Bitcoin? Isn't that the weird money they use it fo drugz and shit?
-No way bro, that's totally last year. It's all srs and legit nao. They use it to Ponzi!
Not only is advertising Ponzi schemes horrible PR for Bitcoin, it's also illegal for an American operating from American soil.
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