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I honestly don't care about richest company. It isn't like they are pumping the money into bitcoins anyway and after a little bump in the price of bitcoins, I doubt it will stay there. I want substance, that is a disappointment here.
I'll be nice and explain it to you just this once: The reason most of us are so excited about this is not necessarily because we hope to see a significant increase in the exchange rate or immediate general use but because a giant rich company like that actually announcing to the world that they think Bitcoin is a legit option is a huge nod of approval which will be heard loud and clear by everyone else on the sidelines indecisive perhaps about jumping in. In other words we are mostly excited for the PR effect this move will have that will eventually hopefully lead to more Bitcoin users and a higher exchange rate! I hope that was clear enough. *facepalm* I clearly said that in my very first post here, the exposer will be great for bitcoin community so yeah. I am going to rain on this parade a little bit, but WORDPRESS really? It is awesome that they are accepting bitcoins, great exposer, but wordpress isn't that great of a company. Plus they launched a small part of that, they should have waited until the can launch there bundles with bitcoins. They claim is due to technical issues, so why not wait the month or two until it is setup.
Yeah it's only like the 22nd largest site in the world.. I don't care if they were the 1st largest site, as I said great press but they limited what is being able to purchased. Plus when was the last time you saw a company blog powered by wordpress? Everyone is switching there blogs to tumblr, if you haven't noticed. Wordpress is just trying to copy tumblr now, kinda sad. I honestly don't care about richest company. It isn't like they are pumping the money into bitcoins anyway and after a little bump in the price of bitcoins, I doubt it will stay there. I want substance, that is a disappointment here. WordPress completely dominates top 100 blogs Posted in Main on April 11th, 2012 by PingdomWordPress is no doubt a very popular web publishing platform for blogs and other types of websites. But just how popular is it?
We just completed a study and found that WordPress is in use by 48% of the top 100 blogs in the world. This is an increase from the 32% we recorded three years ago. Plus, take a look at this page: http://en.wordpress.com/notable-users/Did you read the first article posted? Most of the wordpress blogs are self hosted so yeah they will ignore the bitcoins since this only applies to wordpress.com hosted blogs. But twitter, canv.as, Intsagram, and many more use tumblr as a blogging platform. Plus when was the last time you read a NYT blog post, I never even knew they had a blog. If not now, then later will one be able to upgrade via Bitcoin to a self-hosted blog: Bitcoin should be accepted for all purchases within two or three months.
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November 16, 2012, 01:03:38 AM |
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How can people always find some bad side of any good story... this is crazy c'mon think positive, once again this is great news ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
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November 16, 2012, 01:04:29 AM |
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It's these little acorns...
That's how bottom up works ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
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November 16, 2012, 01:05:06 AM |
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November 16, 2012, 01:07:12 AM |
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This is good news, but: How exactly is this target group supposed to get hold of bitcoins? Oh, right. There are no bitcoin exchanges in Kenya, Haiti, Cuba, or Iraq. I am not being sarcastic, but genuinely concerned about this problem.
I have a lot of bitcoins, I don't use exchanges. Many people in those countries have skills that someone somewhere in the world might pay for.
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November 16, 2012, 01:08:56 AM |
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How can people always find some bad side of any good story... this is crazy c'mon think positive, once again this is great news ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif) We're fucked! The world ain't ready for Bitcoin yet. We need to stop this madness. Can those over at The Bitcoin Foundation put a stop to all this acceptance stuff, starting with having Wordpress change their policy? Somehow, I feel that BitPay is behind this. We need to have a sPammer tag in place to deal with these rascals. ~Cackling Bear~
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November 16, 2012, 01:17:11 AM |
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@gweedo can you STFU? Please
Why? cause I disagree that wordpress is the almighty blogging platform. I just don't like wordpress company, plus they said this is half ass launched, they should support anything they sell in bitcoins, and do it right, instead of just half or pick and choose. Sorry my opinion is different and I forgot this isn't a forum for discussions. For what it's worth, I respect your opinion and wasn't dissing you by posting comments/replies to your posts. (I know your post above wasn't directed toward me, but I wanted to go on record, nonetheless)
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November 16, 2012, 01:18:27 AM |
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My favorite comment: "This is fantastic! With a place to spend Bitcoins, we can now begin accepting them from our readers. Thanks, WordPress!"
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November 16, 2012, 01:20:00 AM |
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@gweedo can you STFU? Please
Why? ... Meh, because bitcoin... ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5iJu5.png&t=665&c=srDbFoSVsR1zdQ)
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November 16, 2012, 01:24:37 AM |
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My favorite comment: "This is fantastic! With a place to spend Bitcoins, we can now begin accepting them from our readers. Thanks, WordPress!" Mine: This is very interesting. I didn't know of Bitcoin… thank you! Image of the day: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5iJu5.png&t=665&c=srDbFoSVsR1zdQ)
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November 16, 2012, 01:29:18 AM |
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This is good news, but: How exactly is this target group supposed to get hold of bitcoins? Oh, right. There are no bitcoin exchanges in Kenya, Haiti, Cuba, or Iraq. I am not being sarcastic, but genuinely concerned about this problem. Remittances and donations should be more than sufficient. Most bloggers from these countries have family abroad who do have access to bitcoins, and if they have any international audience at all it's shouldn't be hard to get enough bitcoins from their readers to pay for the services. https://bitcoinnordic.com/ I think they offer services in Africa and the middle east.
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November 16, 2012, 01:33:24 AM |
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I don't remember. Who was next?
google.com facebook.com youtube.com yahoo.com baidu.com wikipedia.org live.com twitter.com qq.com amazon.com taobao.com linkedin.com blogspot.com google.co.in yahoo.co.jp sina.com.cn google.de yandex.ru msn.com
wordpress.com google.com.hk google.co.jp bing.com ebay.com google.co.uk
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November 16, 2012, 01:35:44 AM |
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I don't remember. Who was next?
google.com facebook.com youtube.com yahoo.com baidu.com wikipedia.org live.com twitter.com qq.com amazon.com taobao.com linkedin.com blogspot.com google.co.in yahoo.co.jp sina.com.cn google.de yandex.ru msn.com
wordpress.com google.com.hk google.co.jp bing.com ebay.com google.co.uk
Reddit?
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November 16, 2012, 01:36:30 AM |
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November 16, 2012, 01:43:00 AM |
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Fantastic... BTC will became widely used, maybe faster than most of us think ! I Like the press coverage that follows, and all this may just make a snow ball ! That news make my day ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) I like the artice from Douglas French about acceptance of new currency, well written, well reashershed. A must read, kinda related.. http://lfb.org/today/currencies-of-the-future/
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November 16, 2012, 01:44:03 AM |
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Anyone else notice how the official announcement from Wordpress has subtly changed since it was originally posted?
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November 16, 2012, 01:46:24 AM |
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I always tought bitcoin was a great concept, from the first time I learned about it. I am glad more people, and esp. people who actually amounts to something realizing this. Wordpress is huge. As more and more 'bigger' entities follow, then more will follow. This will have a snowballing effect. And the more merchants and companies that adopts bitcoin, the harder it will be to justify 'regulating' it to death. I haven't been too active in the bitcoin community the last few months, so actually seeing things like this, makes me very happy and give me even more renewed confidence in that bitcoin will succeed big. When wordpress now accepts bitcoin, other sites will be thinking "Hm.. wordpress takes bitcoin, then we should too". Then the boss of some larger retailer sees that wordpress, and site x, site n and site b takes bitcoin, and it should amount to something, and before you know it, you can buy on newegg.com with bitcoin, then comes amazon... and so on.... ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) Cheers for freedom to the individual and for a great payment solution !
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November 16, 2012, 01:48:46 AM |
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Anyone else notice how the official announcement from Wordpress has subtly changed since it was originally posted?
I noticed the change from Cuba and Iraq to Ethiopia.
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November 16, 2012, 01:52:38 AM |
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This is indeed great news.
But while we're all jumping up and down praising Wordpress, let's give a little credit on the side to BitPay shall we? They've probably made things easier and smoother for everyone.
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November 16, 2012, 01:54:58 AM |
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This is actually pretty big news, not "wikipedia accepts bitcoin" big, but big nonetheless.
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