Since then, not much has changed
Lots have changed. Bitcoin Discussion is flooded with spammers. The purpose of having an account from the majority of users is clearly speculative. Their spamming behavior affects my ability to use it for a constructive dialogue.
Of course and there's goodwill to use this forum besides money making, but I can't deny the fact that its freedom of speech has been abused, which brings me to another thing to discuss:
I'd rather get rid of bounty spammers though. Paying in Bitcoin means someone puts some real value into advertising. Paying in made-up tokens means they have nothing to lose.
Doesn't that go against free speech? I thought bitcoin left room for other projects to grow; that it's open, transparent, unbiased. Yeah, I'm against those ponzi-looking made-up tokens too, but the last thing I'd want is to see bitcoin's usage being forced somehow.