Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B

Re:Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B by phist_mcgee on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:54PM (#27375033)

If you ever want to see thee Ars community dogpile on a certain topic, read any article on cryptocurrencies. You will get the following comments at the top of the heap:

Crypto means I can't buy a graphics card

Crypto is a ponzi scheme and should be banned

It is immoral to own Bitcoin, and governments should punish people who do

Would you like to buy my new XCoin ha ha ha.

Elon Musk is amazing, but this crypto thing makes me a little unhappy with him.

Ad nauseum. I have been visiting that site less and less, because I think the audience has become an echo chamber.

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Re:Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B by phist_mcgee on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:40PM (#27375369)

I think the downvotes on my comment show I have hit a nerve. I did not disagree with any of the points I listed, I am simply pointing out a fact. Downvoting this comment does disprove not my point.

The downvotes without engaging with my post are what is wrong with commodified community participation (comment/post points); exactly what harms Stack Overflow in the long run.

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Re:Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B by panopticon on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @09:47PM (#27376286)

You posted a tangential rant disparaging the comment section of another website. The voting system is the most appropriate response to flamebait.

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