EFF no longer accepts donations in Bitcoins

Re:EFF no longer accepts donations in Bitcoins by eli on Thursday June 02, 2011 @02:03PM (#2613132)

I think it's an idea that appeals to a certain demographic of people who are very passionate about their interests. It actually reminds me of the Ron Paul phenomenon circa 2008. He was an interesting yet largely inconsequential politician... but his supporters were everywhere on the Internet.

It also doesn't hurt that lots of people stand to gain financially from bitcoin hype.

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Re:EFF no longer accepts donations in Bitcoins by hugh3 on Thursday June 02, 2011 @03:24PM (#2613516)

There should be a pithy name for this effect, the tendency of small groups of committed supporters to dominate internet conversations. I am reminded of this "100 Best Novels" list (the reader's choice version, on the right):

http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/

in which the top ten contains four books by Ayn Rand and three by L. Ron Hubbard.

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