359 sats \ 2 replies \ @elvismercury 6 Dec 2023 \ on: The cult of Bitcoin culture bitcoin
I expect the toxic element to leave bitcoin once its position is more secure.
Agreed. Dissonance research suggests this will be the case.
In the meantime I'm not sure it survives without toxicity and people challenging the toxicity.
I've heard this argument made before. I've always thought it was a justification for people being assholes, the same way most people being assholes have some excuse for it that makes their behavior fine. Nobody is the villain when they're telling the story.
So could you say more about how you think the toxicity has been key to btc's success?
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238 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 6 Dec 2023
So could you say more about how you think the toxicity has been key to btc's success?
I don't have evidence for that hunch. Someone arguing bitcoin would be better off without assholes would have an easier time I think. Someone pro-toxicity usually argues it prevents influence and change (also false associations and warns people away from scams), but I can't tell if bitcoin is better off not changing. I can't rerun bitcoin's experiment under different conditions is my problem. Am I requiring too much evidence to pick a side? The author seems to think so.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 6 Dec 2023
Without the toxic maxis Bitcoin would be full of, and doomed by, shitcoiners. Plain and simple.
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