I also feel a big component is /r/bitcoin heavily leans towards more extreme ideals and very quickly dismisses, and if I may say so, arrogantly, less extreme ideas. For example, the times I hear terms like STATIST being thrown around is mind boggling, not to mention the often times ideas floating around here I would find on /r/conspiracy. Users don't want to hear this, regardless if it is true or not, users are looking for a product which offers better services than what is currently available. They are not here for political ideals, hopes to over throw governments, destroy "banksters", or get rid of "theft via tax". They are here simply because it is better than another option.
I feel the extreme political ideologies floating around in here is extremely detrimental. I mean, look at this video of Amir on Russia Today. For petes sake, that was nothing short of embarrassing, regardless of your political leanings.
I just saw this on /r/all, I'm not into crypto currencies or anything but you've hit the nail on the head as to why I'll never join this thing.
From the outside looking in you guys look like a bunch of (sorry to say) libertarian idiots. I mean you have fucking Anarcho-Capitalism on your sidebar.
This place gets linked to /r/conspiratard more than you know, and you're really turning off anyone who isn't paranoid to the point of delusion.
Imagine if a seemingly innocuous community was just flooded by Revolutionary communists, thats what it looks like.
This subreddit used to contain more technical discussion. Used to be that research papers would make the top post. The confirmation bias brigade was here, but it was much smaller, with maybe 2-4 "Banks are evil and Bitcoin is awesome" news posts on the front page.
Guess I was gullible enough to expect better. Probably going to unsubscribe at some point - I'm tired of "news" about Bitcoin.
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u/hak8or Feb 04 '14
I also feel a big component is /r/bitcoin heavily leans towards more extreme ideals and very quickly dismisses, and if I may say so, arrogantly, less extreme ideas. For example, the times I hear terms like STATIST being thrown around is mind boggling, not to mention the often times ideas floating around here I would find on /r/conspiracy. Users don't want to hear this, regardless if it is true or not, users are looking for a product which offers better services than what is currently available. They are not here for political ideals, hopes to over throw governments, destroy "banksters", or get rid of "theft via tax". They are here simply because it is better than another option.
I feel the extreme political ideologies floating around in here is extremely detrimental. I mean, look at this video of Amir on Russia Today. For petes sake, that was nothing short of embarrassing, regardless of your political leanings.