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Re:Show HN: The Million Dollar Homepage as an Ethereum Smart... by notahacker on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @02:47PM (#15394931)
I think you must inhabit different social media worlds from me. I see an enormous amount of politics on social media, which tends to be even more lowbrow and fear-driven than the mainstream media for reasons which have nothing to do with capital and everything to do with clicks.
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Re:Show HN: The Million Dollar Homepage as an Ethereum Smart... by grandalf on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @05:21PM (#15396313)
Well, I'd argue that what you're seeing is a second-tier of power/wealth-hungry individuals. The first tier occupies our political leadership.

The behavior is basically identical, but with dramatically different payouts. Both involve finding a tribe and riding that tribe's enthusiasm to greater notoriety and wealth.

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