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Re:Show HN: Coinspotting - A Hacker News For Bitcoins and Ot... by SectioAurea on Saturday December 07, 2013 @03:57PM (#6867660)
Because of reddit's management policies and ownership by mainstream media. Not to mention the total control of Bitcoin-related forum threads there by anointed moderators who are also pump and dump propaganda masters.
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Re:Show HN: Coinspotting - A Hacker News For Bitcoins and Ot... by NoahTheDuke on Saturday December 07, 2013 @05:03PM (#6867889)
That is also a potential problem with an HN spin-off not being run by the same people.
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Re:Show HN: Coinspotting - A Hacker News For Bitcoins and Ot... by SectioAurea on Saturday December 07, 2013 @05:17PM (#6867932)
Correct, spin-off site operators need to be trusted not to be P&D moles. However, mystery odds beat certain odds of P&D message control (as seen in Reddit).
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