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February 13, 2014, 06:57:10 PM |
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This is something I think we need. Badly.
I have a Google news feed on my phone and day after day, read ignorant articles on Bitcoin, written by uneducated journalists. Then have to struggle through paragraphs of inaccurate comments from that publications' readers. I have intentionally set up accounts on most of the sites, purely for the purpose of replying to comments under the articles. I try my best to correct misinformation, present alternative viewpoints to the "ponzi scheme" crew, and explain what Bitcoin is doing to benefit the world. But I can't keep doing this alone.
We need a group of people who truly knows Bitcoin, can articulate it well, and who will dedicate themselves to correcting misinformation in articles, and comments.
I honestly think it will be fun to engage in. A team of people who has the Google news feed on their phones, has accounts set up on all the main sites (Business Insider, The Verge, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Forbes), and who will make a point of it to saturate the comments area with *accurate* information and corrections. Not childish attacks like "You clearly know nothing about Bitcoin". But intelligent, impressive counter-comments, fixing misinformation.
This would take some organization, but I am willing to help try and coordinate it. I don't have a medium for gathering people, other than maybe an IRC channel, so I put one into freenode at #btcnews. I'll park my butt in there and anyone who is interested in an ongoing participation, please feel free to come by. We can post the latest articles and engage folks in discussions that paint Bitcoin accurately. Do our part to grow this technology and help sway public opinion with accuracy.
-B-
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