Discussion of Exchanges in Bitcoin Discussion Subforum

[marky89]

Hi, I wanted to get some feedback. I understand that there is an Exchanges subforum. Actually it is a subforum of Service Discussion, which is a subforum of Marketplace, which means that it gets absolutely no traffic.

I wanted to understand the basis by which threads are removed from Bitcoin Discussion and moved to other subforums. I bring this up because I feel that Bitcoin Discussion is by default (and is also maybe best fit) the best place for PSAs of sorts.

I started this thread 6 hours ago: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1590771.0

It has already been moved to Exchanges (i.e. it has been buried in a grave to never be unearthed again)

Given that Bitfinex was the biggest BTCUSD exchange and that exchanges are a very important part of the ecosystem (hence affected many bitcoin users), I don't think it's unreasonable to allow discussion of it in Bitcoin Discussion.

The thread is essentially another warning to [bitcoin] users to avoid the exchange, as its actions have been highly unethical.

Would it be possible to at least allow such threads to remain in Bitcoin Discussion for some amount of time (1-2 days?) before moderators kill them by moving them to a dead subforum?

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[Cyrus]

The thread was moved after being reported, I've even left a redirection topic for more exposure. It discusses a specific exchange so Exchanges would be the best fit.

I understand that there is an Exchanges subforum. Actually it is a subforum of Service Discussion, which is a subforum of Marketplace,

I've actually talked to theymos about getting Service Discussion(and expanding it a bit) out of the Marketplace for more exposure. It's not something that will likely happen at this point though.

Would it be possible to at least allow such threads to remain in Bitcoin Discussion for some amount of time (1-2 days?) before moderators kill them by moving them to a dead subforum?

That's why I haven't moved all the Bitfinex threads yet. Exchanges is not a dead section, on the contrary, it was specifically created because a lot of people were talking about them and they now have a dedicated place to do that.

[illyiller]

That's why I haven't moved all the Bitfinex threads yet. Exchanges is not a dead section, on the contrary, it was specifically created because a lot of people were talking about them and they now have a dedicated place to do that.

I think the problem is that the subforum is not even visible on the front page of the bitcointalk.org. You need to go into Service Discussion to even see it. I would guess that many people don't know it exists.

I will say, I have been frustrated sometimes by this issue. I don't post as much in Speculation as I used to. But obviously, the issue of exchanges is very important to traders. So it was frustrating to see threads about exchange issues being moved outside of Speculation, when users there were quite interested to discuss the issues.

[Cyrus]

So it was frustrating to see threads about exchange issues being moved outside of Speculation, when users there were quite interested to discuss the issues.

Threads about exchanges were moved to Service Discussion, now they're moved to Service Discussion > Exchanges, which is even better. People discussing exchanges have a dedicated space to do that, which is an improvement. Discussing it in Speculation was off-topic.