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mircea_popescu: neckbeard = 30something male with poor hygiene, lack of socialisation and a monitor
tan
BingoBoingo: This stuff really pops up in most internet fora where
the operators develop a pretense of importance and being cereal.
antephialtic: ah, I have
to admit I enjoy his opinions on cryptography related matters.
mircea_popescu: antephialtic not rly hate, but for
the usual reason neckbeads fail
to make it in human society.
BingoBoingo: Well, maybe
there is some simple minded psychotic disease passing
through people who
think
they moderate important parts of bitcoin infrastructure
that just suck. And
this disease is spread
through fucking gmaxwell
mircea_popescu: is
this guy actually gmaxwell or just similarly spineless ?
ozbot: Please remove
this user from
this forum. | Bitcointa.lk
ThickAsThieves: "bitcoinmagazine.com wants
to use your computer's location Allow Deny"
ThickAsThieves: really without mpoe-pr and friends, what's left
there anyway?
artifexd: I was shocked
to find posts by you. Granted,
they were a few years ago. But still...
ThickAsThieves: they have no good reason
to ban people
that are consistently right and alienated just because people wanna be delusional
BingoBoingo: I really don't see
the point of cross posting
to
the
Thermos forum, if
the aim is killing
the pretense of its relevance
mike_c: it's like shit with a sprinkling of honey. i would bitbet
this but it's not definable.
mike_c: even
that would be better, because at least quora wouldn't have all
the shit. but bitcointa.lk does have all
the shit
too!
mike_c: it would be like if quora sent all
their posts
to yahoo answers.
mike_c: 50 people posting exclusively on a forum could draw
traffic, but i don't believe it works when
the content is forwarded
to
the competition.
mircea_popescu: i personally don't
think
there's any value in
the forum format, but hey.
nubbins`: and if you ask
too many questions without VIP, people shame you and stop answering ;(
mike_c: 50 people posting on bitcointa.lk is not going
to kill btctalk.org.
nubbins`: you get access
to a special subforum where people post plans for diy equipment
mircea_popescu: honestly i don't see why .lk can't be used for exactly
this purpose.
tg2: sort of a one-way-glass
type affair
tg2: it was pretty elite compared
to
the general scrubbery
tg2: we had a car enthousaist forum
that had a "premium" section where members could pay and had
to be invited
to do so
nubbins`: anyway, membership in
the forum is by invite only, and i
think being rude gets you banned or something
nubbins`: i was
thinking in
terms of "u wot m8"
mircea_popescu: anyway, i had a forum on
the old polimedia domain, same principle, also pretty dead.
tg2: it never amazes me at
the success of
the most blatant scams
nubbins`: tg2:
that's what goat did with his forum
mircea_popescu: it's pretty much
the system
that sunk -otc into irrelevancy, so...
tg2: you have
to get invited by a member with positive rep
tg2: why couldn't
the otc/vouch system work for a forum?
mike_c: so someone creates a
thread
to get herp banned, and
that dipshit bans mpoe-pr instead. classic forum.
antephialtic: unfortunate
that
the forum users fail
to see
that
kakobrekla: i guess you all will be wearing shoelacesless shoes by
t he conference.
antephialtic: honestly speaking, mpoe-pr is pretty inflammatory, but speaks
the
truth
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mircea_popescu: i guess we're going
to
tune in
to .lk for further mpoe-pr posts.
ozbot: Please remove
this user from
this forum.
pankkake: "MPOE-PR perma-banned. His only option
to get his account back is an appeal
to
theymos."
antephialtic: mircea_popescu:
the clueless are redeemable so long as
they educate
themselves.
the stupid are not capable of contributing useless discussion and should be left
to rot on reddit
nubbins`: good, 'cause
that was a real downer
nubbins`: is it as depressing as
the bicycle
thieves?
mircea_popescu: antephialtic
there's a diference between clueless and stupid.
cazalla: he's not even a media contact
to much butthurt for him
mike_c: mircea_popescu: was
that shorthand for "that's what i'm doing with .lk"? i don't
think
that works, because
the high quality content you influence
to go
to .lk also ends up in
their forum. it's not competition.
antephialtic: b-a is great, but
there is a lot of benefit
to a
threaded discussion format
mike_c: you are describing b-a. study guide is
the wiki.
antephialtic: no. I want smart/motivated individuals
to be able
to post right away
cazalla: oh ok,
that makes sense
then asciilifeform
cazalla: all you really need
to do is restrict post ability for 6-12 months
cazalla: how can
they learn if
they need
to be learned
to pass
the exam prior
to accessing
the forum?
antephialtic: I'd rather have a forum for
the 20% of competent people using bitcoin,
than a wasteland for
those unwilling or uncapable of learning
cazalla: i dunno antephialtic,
that seems a reasonable question
to me for someone new
to bitcoin
antephialtic: on basic principles of bitcoin.
to eliminate people who aren't capable of learning, and
to make sure
that people who get in aren't asking
the most basic of questions
mircea_popescu: antephialtic
the problem with any exam
that doesn't also include a firing squad is
that it creates a class of niggers.
mike_c: if you want
to kill bitcointalk, you need
to create a new forum. it will fill with retards eventually, but it would solve
the second problem.
mircea_popescu: one is
that people generally are stupid.
this, we knew going in, not a problem.
mike_c: i
think it is admirable
to
try
to provide a path out of
there
through mpoe-pr, but if
they don't want it..
mircea_popescu: was looking for a way out for a while. reducing .org
to
the status of a lousy scrapper of .lk seems perfect.
mike_c: you are directly supporting bitcointalk by paying someone
to create high quality posts
there. seems contradictory.
moiety: btctalk needs
to become deleteable on
the whole
mircea_popescu: but
the political angle is important,
that shit must die.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla simple ban avoiding
technique : make .lk account, link it
to bitcointalk.org account
pankkake: yeah, scammers prefer
to be hidden
pankkake: I'd like
to know who banned crumbs and kakobrekla
too
pankkake: is
there a list of moderators?