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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by tomc1985 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:23AM (#30441987)
> I for one am surprised by the negative sentiment only because the tech industry seems to be all about it.

Between the prevailing trend of rent-seeking subscriptions and shoving NFTs/blockchain into anything that some knucklehead thinks it will fit in, tech is very much becoming grift culture as the nerds get run over by sharks, business types, and crypto bros

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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by convolvatron on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:10AM (#30442604)
that trend started 30 years ago
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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by tomc1985 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:59AM (#30443223)
The running-over bit, sure, but I feel like this neofintech stuff is enabling a whole new cohort of grifters
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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by blaser-waffle on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:50PM (#30450411)
The difference is they're so much better at it now.

Social media allows for efficient targeting, and even if you know how marketing works it will work on you eventually.

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