Why do you continue to support r/bitcoin and bitcointalk.com

[itsamemario]

The only thing I don't support is the ease at which you can destroy someone's trust. I received negative trust from a scammer, simply for calling home out on his bullshit

Yeah it's pretty easy in this neck of the woods. Tis a shame, yet there seems to be a number of great forums and such surfacing. I think it's just a matter of time before a few developments are ready for launch into the world of decentralized discussion platforms. There's been talk about a few, but they must require a bit of time. Anxiously awaiting. 

[jonald_fyookball]

Misread the OP.  Settle down rubberneck.

Remove my negative trust due to your personal incompetence then.  And how many others have you judged based on quick judgement without reading?  Are any of your trust feedbacks legitimate?

You'll have to forgive me, but there's been a lot of "account farmers" here in bitcointalk
who create accounts to spam and scam and sell them to others who spam and scam.
I thought you meant you had 8 BCT accounts.

[RGBKey]

I think mostly because this is the most established forum. There are still plenty of new other places to talk also.

[itsamemario]

Misread the OP.  Settle down rubberneck.

Remove my negative trust due to your personal incompetence then.  And how many others have you judged based on quick judgement without reading?  Are any of your trust feedbacks legitimate?

You'll have to forgive me, but there's been a lot of "account farmers" here in bitcointalk
who create accounts to spam and scam and sell them to others who spam and scam.
I thought you meant you had 8 BCT accounts.

Trust has been settled. I appreciate your hard work in ensuring that scammers are called out, just give people the benefit of the doubt, there is a lot of passionate people on here and sometimes they might appear to be something they're not, something that gets lost in translation through online / inpersonal communication.  I apologize for not being clearer in my original post.

[itsamemario]

I think mostly because this is the most established forum. There are still plenty of new other places to talk also.

Very true!

[crazyearner]

@itsamemario Well it seems your neg trust rating is removed and you have a positive one on your account. If you contacted support about it looks like they removed it or the person who left it has kindly removed it from your trust.

[QuestionAuthority]

Well, now this has become the negative trust thread.

Move to meta in 5...4...3...2...

[crazyearner]

Well, now this has become the negative trust thread.

Move to meta in 5...4...3...2...

Lol it is not just trust theirs a few things going on here since it was original why continue to support bitcointalk etc and one guy had a problem with some form of rating. I don't think will get moved because of that but hay who knows this is Bitcointalk

[Possum577]

I understand there is a lack of alternatives, and there is not a better place for up to date information.

But, in the light of Bitcoin and what it represents, neither of these platforms promote the same ideologies. 

You answered your own question in your first sentence. And you're right that these platforms don't promote the same ideologies, they promoted all ideologies of the entire bitcoin community. Reddit doesn't have some stance on bitcoin, nor does Bitcointalk...they're infrastructure, not people.

[Kprawn]

We go where the biggest collection of people go, like a bunch of sheep in a herd.  It would be very lonely to talk to yourself in a forum with 20 people.  The biggest debate and discussion is still on this forum

and on \r\Bitcoin on Reddit. It also gives you that warm feeling inside, knowing that you part of a active community of people, passionate about the same thing on a platform where it all started. You can still go back

to Satoshi's posts on this forum, and this cannot be said about other platforms. 

[DooMAD]

If you walk away from the discussion, you're only encouraging a split in the community.  Also, if too many people in one place share identical views, all you've achieved is creating an echo-chamber of people who won't stop to question the direction they've agreed to move in (which may come back to bite you later).  Sometimes dissent is necessary.  It's better to stand your ground and argue for what you believe in than to walk away and leave those you disagree with unopposed.  If Bitcointalk is still the largest forum and it appears as though most of the people on that forum are supporting smaller blocks, what impression does that give?  Get back over here, join the debate and stop thinking that a little splinter movement is going to achieve anything but removing yourselves from the discussion.

[Btcforall]

I understand there is a lack of alternatives, and there is not a better place for up to date information.

But, in the light of Bitcoin and what it represents, neither of these platforms promote the same ideologies.  So, just curious to reach out and ask why the community continues to visit these sites?  What is your take?  Would you move to another platform? What would it take? What are your favorite alternatives?  And 170,000 odd subscribers, what # do you estimates is multiple user accounts (I personally have about 8 of those) and active Bitcoiners?

Do you mean [Suspicious link removed]? Both sites are different I guess

[killerjoegreece]

I understand there is a lack of alternatives, and there is not a better place for up to date information.

But, in the light of Bitcoin and what it represents, neither of these platforms promote the same ideologies.  So, just curious to reach out and ask why the community continues to visit these sites?  What is your take?  Would you move to another platform? What would it take? What are your favorite alternatives?  And 170,000 odd subscribers, what # do you estimates is multiple user accounts (I personally have about 8 of those) and active Bitcoiners?

its the two best resources of information.

[UsernameBitcoin]

I used to be an active poster on reddit and here (with another account) but I stopped because of the ridiculous behavior by the mods.
If I want to discuss Bitcoin with others, I do in private channels. I'm just here when I'm bored and like to read about the latest gossip.
I think, the 2 main Bitcoin forums have become irrelevant to people who are deeply involved in Bitcoin. Sure, every now and then, there are good threads and it's also fine for asking questions but that's it. Besides, a centralized managed forum for a decentralized currency just doesn't fit.

[crazyearner]

I used to be an active poster on reddit and here (with another account) but I stopped because of the ridiculous behavior by the mods.
If I want to discuss Bitcoin with others, I do in private channels. I'm just here when I'm bored and like to read about the latest gossip.
I think, the 2 main Bitcoin forums have become irrelevant to people who are deeply involved in Bitcoin. Sure, every now and then, there are good threads and it's also fine for asking questions but that's it. Besides, a centralized managed forum for a decentralized currency just doesn't fit.

Well depending on what behavior by the mods you are referring to I would agree in some ways if on about making stupid decisions about stuff that has gone on and nothing gets done to prevent it. More actions should be taken on this form and more rules created on who can post what and where and what type of post is and not allowed. Their should be some sort of restrictions for business being posted or such gambling and ponzi stuff as many people get ripped off. People getting banned and making alt accounts should be put to a stop and some part of a section available for banned accounts and support section made for them to post in and admins or mods answer their questions. Too little is done on the forums to keep clean and tidy or scammer free and seems admins only let people get away with it and other people get damaged by it.

[notiely]

I understand there is a lack of alternatives, and there is not a better place for up to date information.

But, in the light of Bitcoin and what it represents, neither of these platforms promote the same ideologies.  So, just curious to reach out and ask why the community continues to visit these sites?  What is your take?  Would you move to another platform? What would it take? What are your favorite alternatives?  And 170,000 odd subscribers, what # do you estimates is multiple user accounts (I personally have about 8 of those) and active Bitcoiners?

Because it is very informative here.

[Btcforall]

I understand there is a lack of alternatives, and there is not a better place for up to date information.

But, in the light of Bitcoin and what it represents, neither of these platforms promote the same ideologies.  So, just curious to reach out and ask why the community continues to visit these sites?  What is your take?  Would you move to another platform? What would it take? What are your favorite alternatives?  And 170,000 odd subscribers, what # do you estimates is multiple user accounts (I personally have about 8 of those) and active Bitcoiners?

Because thats the onllllly reliable place to earn bitcoin and learn about bitcoin

[SerenaL]

bitcointalk has a very active trading forum.

[Aemon]

What are the other choices we have?

I actually like the community here and most people seem to give pretty decent advice when you ask questions without making fun of you and all that garbage.

[Aemon]

There is no other viable option.  It is the same reason that when computers started out that PC's were so dominate, there is just no other options to compete, then Mac came along and started kicking butt and now there are choices.