Why are so many people mean here?! lol

[iamtheava]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

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[Slark]

It is just the way people are. Some of them are really nice, some are grumpy and we have some serious squad of trolls here. Nothing is out of ordinary here, if you log to any internet forum or youtube comment section, you can see that it is quite normal that here are constant war between people. Just don't worry about stupid and angry comments and you will be fine Op!

[coolcoinz]

Because it's not a forum made fun but money. Everyone is grumpy on finance forums, just like they are in real life.

[Lorenzo]

Could it be related to the scams and trolling that happen pretty much regularly nowadays? If you look at the forums as well as the entire Bitcoin community from its creation in 2008/2009 up until today, it's hard to deny that the atmosphere has devolved since the early days. When Satoshi first launched Bitcoin on the cryptography mailing list, the conversations there were very intelligent and the overall atmosphere was pleasant. Even in the early days of this forum in 2009-2010, people were still reasonably nice to each other. Back then, people traded their BTC using PayPal without fear that the other person would try to scam them. People used services without fear that the person behind them would run off with their coins.

Put a lot of people into an environment where greed is rewarded and one misplaced step can kill and of course this will affect people's interactions with one another in a negative way. An atmosphere that breeds distrust and animosity is definitely not conducive to a friendly, warm, and welcoming community.

Bitcoin's main enemy was once fiat currencies and the central banks which regulate and abuse their supply. Now our enemies are each other. Bitcoiners vs. Bitcoiners.

For 99% of people, Bitcoin isn't an interesting technological or even ideological experiment anymore. For them, Bitcoin is just another ticket out of the hell we call life.

[BADecker]

We don't mean to be mean. We simply don't like all the typing that goes into this.

 

[bornil267645]

People who knows too much dont like people who are just goofing around so whenever they see some "WEAK" post they jump on it and make you look bad. But that doesn't mean that they are jerking you around, it means you should keep learning your stuff...

[twister]

People who knows too much dont like people who are just goofing around so whenever they see some "WEAK" post they jump on it and make you look bad. But that doesn't mean that they are jerking you around, it means you should keep learning your stuff...

True. But there are people on this forum who are WISE and they're helpful and kind and they try to help the person who is not too knowledgeable in a nice way.

Than there are people who are WISE ASS and they're just too proud of their knowledge and feel everybody else is inferior to them.

But then again there also some trolls who just make stupid posts for no reason and they deserved to get bashed in the head.

@OP: If you find someone who is mean to you, just use the "Ignore" feature and his posts won't be visible to you.

[Vod]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

I see scams/dishonesty everywhere.  I don't inherently trust people.  Some may say that is an issue to work on, but I rarely get scammed.

[jayce]

It is just the way people are. Some of them are really nice, some are grumpy and we have some serious squad of trolls here. Nothing is out of ordinary here, if you log to any internet forum or youtube comment section, you can see that it is quite normal that here are constant war between people. Just don't worry about stupid and angry comments and you will be fine Op!

You have clearly never been part of a weed growing community/forum because if you had you would know that not 'any' internet forum is full of *&$%*. This place is awesome but 70% of the sig spammers and mentally ill spoil it. Just expect the worse of human kind here and you won't be upset. Thiefs, liars, greedy little men running around everywhere lol anyway i am out of here before a meany arrives to hurt my feelings.

[Sarthak]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

Sad to say but I really think "Newbies" and "Jr.Member's"  opinion aren't valued by most of the people here.
They forget that they too were newbie once  

Anyways there are 25k+ people on the forum.. Each one is unique and behaves unique in reaction to different posts(stimulus )  
You can use the "ignore" function if you find trolls or anyone who seems to be too "rude" for no good reason and it must go all good  

[LiteCoinGuy]

[CoinFoxs]

People are Not mean they are trying to avoid scammers. There are alot of scammer on the internet, you dont know from where they belong what is the nature of these people. Thats why they try to scam, if they see a big amount. I also recommend you to avoid these people.

[(Lithium)]

people usually don't trust trust newbies that want to do alt coin related stuff

[Whitehouse]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

I think this forum isn't really any different from most other forums or even the internet in general. I guess everyone becomes more comfortable to argue or post their opinions when they're behind a computer but I think people may get more aggressive or passionate here because money is involved so when people have money on the line they can get quite quarrelsome. There's also a lot of trolls and fudsters so you've got to be weary of them. I'd just learn to accept or ignore it if I was you otherwise I doubt you will last long here.

[Pentax]

Don't let it bother you.

There's going to douchebags everywhere.  Add in the uppity shit that comes from a lot of people that think they're smarter than the rest AND the ability to hide behind the keyboard and you're going to get some raging assholes. 

Feck 'em.

[Daniel91]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

Unfortunately, you are right.
It seems that anonymity in the virtual world gives people the courage to do what they otherwise would never do in the real world.
The only way to keep this forum a friendly place are increased activity of admins and banning users who do not comply to the forum.

[Whitehouse]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

Unfortunately, you are right.
It seems that anonymity in the virtual world gives people the courage to do what they otherwise would never do in the real world.
The only way to keep this forum a friendly place are increased activity of admins and banning users who do not comply to the forum.

People are banned for breaking forum rules but being mean or saying something someone doesn't like aren't against the rules and the staff have better things to do than remove posts from people who just disagree or don't get along. It would take a lot of time and effort from them so they don't get involved with users business mostly which is a good thing and that's why scams aren't moderated by staff here either.

[BADecker]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

Unfortunately, you are right.
It seems that anonymity in the virtual world gives people the courage to do what they otherwise would never do in the real world.
The only way to keep this forum a friendly place are increased activity of admins and banning users who do not comply to the forum.

People are banned for breaking forum rules but being mean or saying something someone doesn't like aren't against the rules and the staff have better things to do than remove posts from people who just disagree or don't get along. It would take a lot of time and effort from them so they don't get involved with users business mostly which is a good thing and that's why scams aren't moderated by staff here either.

The answer, of course, is something like...

Place a couple of vote buttons on each post. Every Username is allowed only one vote (you would have to be logged in to vote). There could be a minimum number of take-down votes (say, 10 or 20) before the post would be removed. But, once the minimum was reached, 10 days later the post would come down unless the keep-post button had more votes than the take-down button.

The original of the post would be kept in the commenter's personal information page unless he deleted it. That way people could go and view posts that they can't find now, that they had read once. It might be appropriate to leave a note in every spot that a post was taken down, so that people know that a post had been there, and where to go to look at it in the commenter's personal information page.

Regarding posts that had been taken down, the vote buttons in the commenter's personal information page might be left active so that there was a chance to restore the page in the future if other voters thought it was a good post after all.

The whole process would be automatic, left up to forum members. This would free up time for the mods.

 

EDIT: Obviously, if you were logged in and voted, you could change your vote simply by voting opposite the way you had voted previously.

[Gleb Gamow]

We don't mean to be mean. We simply don't like all the typing that goes into this.

 

I don't mean to be mean, but is there a meme for "all that typing" meanness you speaketh of?

[jonson234]

i don not use this word.it is not good for behave

[Lethn]

I'm not mean I just can't stand homophobic and xenophobic assholes and other people who try to enforce their own personal or religious beliefs on everybody else.

[jerol31]

I believe they are not mean. They just do not have enough patience.

[Clegg]

The answer, of course, is something like...

Place a couple of vote buttons on each post. Every Username is allowed only one vote (you would have to be logged in to vote). There could be a minimum number of take-down votes (say, 10 or 20) before the post would be removed. But, once the minimum was reached, 10 days later the post would come down unless the keep-post button had more votes than the take-down button.

The original of the post would be kept in the commenter's personal information page unless he deleted it. That way people could go and view posts that they can't find now, that they had read once. It might be appropriate to leave a note in every spot that a post was taken down, so that people know that a post had been there, and where to go to look at it in the commenter's personal information page.

Regarding posts that had been taken down, the vote buttons in the commenter's personal information page might be left active so that there was a chance to restore the page in the future if other voters thought it was a good post after all.

The whole process would be automatic, left up to forum members. This would free up time for the mods.

 

EDIT: Obviously, if you were logged in and voted, you could change your vote simply by voting opposite the way you had voted previously.

This really wouldn't be a good idea especially not on this forum. Many people have several alts here and it would be easy to club together with your e-buddies to tag-team posts you didn't like and have them removed. People would just downvote any opinions they didn't like as opposed to posts that broke the rules. It definitely wouldn't work well and be counter productive to its purpose and also to free discussion.

[Krang]

I'm not mean I just can't stand homphobic and xenophobic assholes and other people who try to enforce their own personal or religious beliefs on everybody else.

Sometimes I think people think disagreeing with someone is 'being mean' or that you need to be super polite because some people are super sensitive. I think people just need to man up because being sensitive is only going to get you upset all the time.

[bf4btc]

I'm not mean I just can't stand homphobic and xenophobic assholes and other people who try to enforce their own personal or religious beliefs on everybody else.

Sometimes I think people think disagreeing with someone is 'being mean' or that you need to be super polite because some people are super sensitive. I think people just need to man up because being sensitive is only going to get you upset all the time.

You are not far wrong there, remember that thread how many woman in Bitcoin i think we underestimated how many there are 

Jokes aside.

I believe it is like the above says, mean to one person is not mean to another and with all the money and trades involved within this forum disagreeing can't be avoided and stress will surly show it's face some people are new to being able to deal with it.

But.. Disagreements are very good for the brain and everyone who is involved in the debate actually benefits the more there are the wiser one becomes..

[Lethn]

I'm not mean I just can't stand homphobic and xenophobic assholes and other people who try to enforce their own personal or religious beliefs on everybody else.

Sometimes I think people think disagreeing with someone is 'being mean' or that you need to be super polite because some people are super sensitive. I think people just need to man up because being sensitive is only going to get you upset all the time.

It's not even really anything to do with being sensitive, I get that, what it is is there are people who go around looking for reasons to be offended or are just too stupid to not read or listen to the stuff they find offensive. I get it if they're genuinely trying to make a target out of you or harass you when you want privacy but the sheer aggression from a lot of these assholes lately is pissing me off.

[BADecker]

I'm not mean I just can't stand homphobic and xenophobic assholes and other people who try to enforce their own personal or religious beliefs on everybody else.

Sometimes I think people think disagreeing with someone is 'being mean' or that you need to be super polite because some people are super sensitive. I think people just need to man up because being sensitive is only going to get you upset all the time.

It's not even really anything to do with being sensitive, I get that, what it is is there are people who go around looking for reasons to be offended or are just too stupid to not read or listen to the stuff they find offensive. I get it if they're genuinely trying to make a target out of you or harass you when you want privacy but the sheer aggression from a lot of these assholes lately is pissing me off.

This is a forum, for crying out loud. How many times haven't I posted something that I thought was important, just to have a bunch of other commenters post so that my post was lost in the past?

Cry, cry cry. All those tears. Grow up and get on with life.

[ndnh]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

You are awesome, bud.

Hope, I made up for all that?


Thanks

[stoner19]

That is just the nature of BCT. Has been for a long time, unfortunately.

[MinerHQ]

people are mean everywhere, but people are nice also.

[Ghostface]

That is just the nature of BCT. Has been for a long time, unfortunately.

It's not just this forum but practically the entire internet. Just pick any youtube video at random and read the comments. The internet just brings out the worst in people sometimes.

[ndnh]

I don't agree.

I think almost all the people here are nice.

Edit: 99% nice. 1% not that nice.
The rest is, okay, mean.

[KryptonS]

Because they're on their periods

[1Referee]

50% nice, and 50% not so nice. Keeps everything well balanced.

[photon_coin]

it is a rough crowd on the surface,  mostly a 'locker room ' type atmosphere..... there are some brilliant people however who contribute to this forum that I have learned so much from reading the posts they have done and spending time on my own coding that is often overlooked.

also i have met a few people on the forum (not in rl) who i really consider some of the most inteligent and focused programers I could ever imagine.

If you think you are good at hacking/coding whatever,   hang on here,  If you don't get blown away by some others , maybe in areas you don't know as much about ..... i would be shocked.... and the education continues......

[CoinFoxs]

Hahaha Because everyone  jealous from each other lol. And they want earn more and more bitcoins lol

[Vod]

I think a lot of people are bitter because they purchased bitcoin when the price was higher than it is today.

Others may be bitter because they didn't get into mining soon enough.

I'm not guilty of either, so I'm just bitter because there are so many scammers around.   

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

[Kajune]

Don't be bothered by them, they also try to bug me but they just wasting their energy, money, etc.

[ObscureBean]

It's the same everywhere you go and it's the same with everyone you'll ever meet, although people try harder to hide their ugly faces in social settings.
The reason is simple. Humans are limited by the finite amount of knowledge they possess. Every single human alive has adopted a definition of himself/herself, based on his/her likes and dislikes, that he/she feels compelled to live by. However there is no school of thought that is absolute and everyone has to keep their theories/definitions open to accommodate new knowledge gathered along the way. Because of this, certainty of being right is never really possible and everyone is always on the defensive whether it's blatant or not, whether they're even aware of it or not. Depending on a person's particular configuration, he or she can feel threatened when facing ideas that appear to be alien to their own ways. In some cases the only way to alleviate this inner turmoil is for that person to have the last word one way or another.

[christycalhoun]

Its internet You dont know Who is sitting, to whom you are talking to. People take advantage of unknowing, and can scam you for that of low amount of BTC.

[erikalui]

Coz many members here are illiterate. They don't know how to talk and what to talk about and hence they lose their cool and talk crap. Education teaches a person to have unlike these members who don't know how to behave.

[Slunt]

Coz many members here are illiterate. They don't know how to talk and what to talk about and hence they lose their cool and talk crap. Education teaches a person to have unlike these members who don't know how to behave.

There is no such word as 'coz'  . Being illiterate doesn't have anything to do with it but I find many people here talk/type fine. Education also doesn't mean you wont lose your cool or get easily annoyed by people either.

[erikalui]

Coz many members here are illiterate. They don't know how to talk and what to talk about and hence they lose their cool and talk crap. Education teaches a person to have unlike these members who don't know how to behave.

There is no such word as 'coz'  . Being illiterate doesn't have anything to do with it but I find many people here talk/type fine. Education also doesn't mean you wont lose your cool or get easily annoyed by people either.

Education doesn't teach you to abuse anyone. It's the upbringing of a person and the way they look at life. I don't find many members over here as literate as they scam, talk to themselves via alt accounts, abuse, criticize others for their viewpoint and do all the wrong things they can.

Education teaches a person to think properly and behave yourself by being mature. Else if you lose your cool and start abusing, your education is of no use.

[Lethn]

It's always funny when somebody starts calling others illiterate and then proceeds to write with really bad spelling and grammar, as far as I'm concerned the only thing that education teaches these days is arrogance.

[erikalui]

Looks like I hurt those who aren't literate. 

[Lethn]

Looks like I hurt those who aren't literate. 

How?

[mayflor2]

Hi. Serious question. I'm new to this forums and new to a few coins I'm looking into, but not new to bitcoin. Any time I make posts or comments, someone always has something really pessimistic or rude or judgmental to say. Just doesn't seem friendly to new people or those who think outside the box. How come?

It's because a lot of folks on here are keyboard warriors.  They talk a lot of sh*t with no fear of getting punched in the face for saying something dumb because it's the internet.    They are likely completely different people in person.   Except millennials, they just suck both on the internet and in real life.

[Gleb Gamow]

In the spirit of the title of this thread, the OP should lock this thread and start a new thread that'll be more constructive than this thread, preferably sans the word 'thread' in its title.

[yummyransom]

I'm not mean. But it depends on the situation.