Let's face it: it's a matter of time until this site is invaded and destroyed by normies. Are you guys ready for it?
Are you ready for reality show spaces and celebrity mid-wittery on the front page?
yes51.7%
noooooooooooooo48.3%
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Wouldn't the way the website is designed mean that you continue to see the content from people that you trust? Sorry if I don't understand this well enough
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I think posting fees will be an effective deterrent for a lot of that. Remember, also, that you are part of the reward system #523858, so zap more of what you want to see.
I share @davidw's view #539622 that Stacker News can be one of the biggest Bitcoin on-ramps. We should embrace that challenge.
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This, and I would just customize my SN front page etc. to my liking.
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The Bugle is standing by to defend the site from Normies
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27 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 15 May
People have been saying this for SN's entire existence. Why hasn't it happened yet?
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People (normal people) are just starting to get their heads around what are Bitcoin, wallets and blockchain. Next step is learning about lightning. Are you ready?
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I'm ready to stop that carnage with ally might. So, don't worry.
Also, I don't want to discriminate by calling someone normies. SN has such a huge advantage of saving itself from any attack. See the downzap, that's what shield means.
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Athena 15 May
If those who write stuff other than Bitcoin are considered normies as well?
In that case, I would also be a normie? Also I don't know if I'm ready or not. So a 'Neutral' option is needed.
I'm ready. I'm curious do admins and servers ready?
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They will all go to Nostr before SN. This is a good thing. SN will continue to get harder to use and the barrier to entry will be higher. High time pref people will give up and go to something simpler.
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No way. It wont happen because normies dont want to get into bitcoin.
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they won't have this option in the near future
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hopefully it is fully adopted by then.
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Bitcoin has already been invaded by normies and taken over by NGU-obsessed fiat apologists and ossificationists excited about trading nation state shitcoins on a permissioned Lightning network.
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Who are normies in your vision? Can you please tell?
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I don't think too many normies will be joining SN. They will be talking about price on twitter and reddit.
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you are underestimating hustle people and poor people with time on their hands.
"Can I make money posting about - picks card - Milly Bobby Brown?"
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I would be happy to be wrong. SN is an excellent gateway to learn about bitcoin and to become ingrained in the bitcoin ecosystem. While it may be frustrating to have normies around at first, I would rather see them here learning and engaging with bitcoiners than watching some youtube influencers or getting shilled the endless scams that will come out of the woodwork in a parabolic run up.
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Just realized the scammers would move in with the normies...
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IDK, I don't think smoothbrains would get the attention that they crave here. And quality content will always get zapped more (and more exposure). But we'll see. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic.
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with enough morons you can form an army that will reply to each other.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs 15 May
I hope so so so bad that SN isn't going to end up like Reddit or Bitcoin Talk...
I'd probably be done with "Social media" forever.
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be strong in these difficult times
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21 sats \ 11 replies \ @Fabs 15 May
"It would be an improvement over the brain rot I have seen here."
Oh?
"I don't understand, do you guys want people in on Bitcoin or not?"
Depends, are they willing to put in the hours and learn about Bitcoin? Or are they going to whine because it isn't as comfortable and easy as their bank account?
"Why are you so allergic to new people joining and so tribalistic?"
People somehow need a common enemy; Left - Right, vegetarians - carnivores, Bitcoiners - Shitcoiners (and a whole bunch more)... I don't know why, but I'd definitely like to.
"How can you hold this mental framework in your head while preaching that Bitcoin is for everyone and we need to onboard as many people as possible?"
Never said it's for anyone, and I don't know why people preach that, as it's far from being that user-friendly, and it maybe never will.
It's a responsibility-issue, too, IMHO, people simply aren't responsible (enough).
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This seems far from a BTC Maxi point of view. We have to cater to those who aren’t as capable of seeing the truth. We have to show them, painstakingly if that’s what it takes.
We can’t talk about orange-pill this and orange-pill that if we give up as soon as they don’t agree.
I didn't say more people was bad, just that normies are numerous and their activity will change things around.
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