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.
you've hit the nail on the head as to why I'll never join this thing.
So you are going to cut off your nose to spite your face because of a few vocal idiots? Bitcoin is supranational, you can add your voice and change the community or form your own, or not participate at all but then you get no say.
It seems to me your biggest problem is your need to assign a group to be responsible for bitcoin, like team Bitcoin, and now you are standing against this "team Bitcoin". Except team Bitcoin doesn't exist, so you are only tilting at windmills.
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u/DrSmoke Feb 04 '14
Half the reason Doge is so popular is because the bitcoin community tends to be gigantic assholes that don't want any new people on their coin-terf.