I noticed that there are TONS of sockpuppets. Everytime a new "altcoin" (yeah well more like "scamcoin") then suddenly tons of new users start speaking about it, of course all newbies/jr members. And this happens for every new altcoin. Or other scam.
It also happens to Ripple threads that decry it as a scam. "I agree! RIPLE MUST BE A SCAM" -User with 1 post who created an account 2 seconds earlier
I can't figure out how all of these utter newbs have Ripple pegged as a scam, while I've been reading about it for weeks and I just end up liking it
Maybe I'm part of the degeneration without even realizing it.
Well, it falls into the cultism of bitcoin to be honest. Anything that isn't bitcoin-like should be killed with fire according to them, and I admit, anything that requires trust seems like a step *backward*, except that our current system requires IMMENSE trust (MtGox, AurumXChange, both whom steal funds from their users under the guise of AML, BitStamp, BTC-E, etc etc etc).
They *think* their cryptocurrency is trust-less, yet they get hacked all the time and lose their wallets (because they needed to trust someone with their password and that someone, whether it be the third party or their own computer, was hacked). There is no world without trust. It's fine to consider Bitcoin the end-all like gold, but when choosing to trust either Ripple/OpenTransactions+BitMessage vs an exchange run by a dude, which one is better? Is either one a "scam" just because it isn't "provably fair" at the moment?
The general arguments against using Ripple are fine if all you want is a reason not to use it, but there is no reason to "destroy it", and that's when you know someone is playing games and has an agenda-- when they are actively trying to destroy something or someone that isn't causing any harm. This forum HAS degenerated, because the administrator himself supports such games (supports ponzi schemes, added TradeFortress to his trust list, refuses to give a scammer tag to BFL, has millions of dollars in bitcoins for forum upgrades that haven't even begun to happen in 12 months, continues to pile in the money from advertisements he knows are libelous against companies/people, etc).
The user below this post thinks he's doing the world a favor by trying to insult me I guess, but this kind of insult is baseless, tactless, and only serves to show you the vapid lack of quality in communication here. You can make fun of some newbie's English all day long, or tell them they should RTFM, but the real problem here is people like Inaba who spend their efforts arguing with BFL customers that they're doing a good job when any honest person could prove otherwise.
Wanna know who is causing the degeneration? Look for the people who don't admit their mistakes.
