Does low number of Bitcoin Facebook "Likes" prove we are all early adopters? - page 2.

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Quote from: BitChick on May 09, 2013, 06:08:33 PM

This is not a scientific test by any means, but I just looked on Facebook to see how many "likes" Bitcoin has. The top page is Bitcoin Users Org with 244,755 likes. Compare this with something like "Dogs" with 6,509,886 and it is almost comical. Of course, many of us here understand the value of anonymity. My husband advised me to be quiet about our BTC holdings. Who knows, some day just a handful could be worth millions so it might be better not to "Like" it on Facebook and announce to the world we have some. There may be some of us that choose not to "Like" it for that reason alone. Or most of the people using BTC do not use Facebook? That could be the case too.

But does the small number of "likes" hint at the fact that we are still very early adopters in this? Just thinking. . .

I am in the majority of people in the world that do not use facebook. As I understand it, it has a real name policy. I can also be pretty sure that I would not 'like' bitcoin on it even if I was on it as I don't want to have to answer questions from potential client sand such about why I liked an 'underground' 'hackers' currency, as I have heard some of them call it.

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I think most early adopters value their privacy. If BTC becomes as popular as dogs, watch out because you'll be suddenly sitting on a lot of cash. All sorts of people (family, friends, various leeches, con artists) come out of the woodwork when they find out you have money. Best not to broadcast your wealth to the interwebs.

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Where is this Bitcoin on Facebook of which you speak? Shocked

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Quote from: Cryptoman on May 09, 2013, 11:51:34 PM

I recently removed my "like" from Bitcoin on Facebook, along with all the other likes for groups having to do with agorism, anarchism, voluntaryism, free-staters, etc. I figured why make life any easier for all the three-letter agencies out there?

Quote from: CasinoBit on May 09, 2013, 07:20:06 PM

I did not "Like" Bitcoin and neither any of my friends, you wouldn't want to give a company that already has so much information even more information that could potentially make you a target.

Facebook is just bad news. They don't care what injury they cause as long as they're making some coin. And if a govt agency leans on them with the threat of reducing their profits they aren't going to fight it.

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Quote from: inge on May 10, 2013, 04:44:01 AM

Maybe Bitcoins adopters aren't Facebook adopters. For example: it seems that the youngest generation (the 18-20 years something) do prefers alternative social media channels :)due to the fact that it isn't cool to use Facebook if your dad do it as well...

Yes. I figured that.

The typical BTC user may not be a Facebook user at all. I know my husband stays away from it. I am willing to risk my anonymity to post pictures of my kids and dogs though. Grin

But when it does become mainstream I am sure the number of "likes" will grow. It will be interesting to watch I think.

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No Maps for These Territories

I'm not sure anyone has thought about this before. Maybe if you create a compaign on /r/Reddit, like the recent campaign to vote for dropbox support, you could boost the number of likes

I don't have a facebook account myself but I'm sure many people potentially interested in Bitcoin do.

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Maybe Bitcoins adopters aren't Facebook adopters. For example: it seems that the youngest generation (the 18-20 years something) do prefers alternative social media channels :)due to the fact that it isn't cool to use Facebook if your dad do it as well...

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I recently removed my "like" from Bitcoin on Facebook, along with all the other likes for groups having to do with agorism, anarchism, voluntaryism, free-staters, etc. I figured why make life any easier for all the three-letter agencies out there?

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I outlived my lifetime membership:)

I'm a pseudo early adopter...I mined a few hundred ฿ before you needed anything more than last years laptop...but those were short lived days for me. I remember "wasting" like $20 on bitcoinmarket.com when the price rose sharply from less than a penny per coin to like several ¢ per coin.

I'm not afraid of the wild success of Bitcoin. There are many far ฿-richer people than I who's holdings are more or less well known...I have no intention of ending up incredibly wealthy. I've got a great career ahead of me that will provide well enough for what I want to get done in life. Bitcoin is a bridge to get me through the rest of residency...not my retirement plan.

BitChick

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perhaps. fb privacy etc is ok at best.
also, i think we'll be dead before a few bitcoins are ever worth millions.
but, i like your thoughts

I exaggerate with the millions, but it is fun to dream. Grin

But I respect my husband's wishes for not saying anything on Facebook. I suppose if BTC becomes mainstream and someone can figure out we were early adopters (with Facebook's great privacy I am sure it would be easily found) there could be a risk I guess, even if we really do not have much invested. We are not like the early miners! That said, I am glad my husband did not mine them and then sell them for pizza or anything like that. I can only imagine how that would feel! Cry

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I did not "Like" Bitcoin and neither any of my friends, you wouldn't want to give a company that already has so much information even more information that could potentially make you a target.

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Quote from: bg002h on May 09, 2013, 06:30:48 PM

We don't seem to have many women on this forum, but I think the female perspective is sorely needed here in general.

Thanks. Not everyone has been so kind, but some do not seem to mind a little estrogen.

My husband always tells me I am more "logical" then most females, so maybe I am not "normal?" I try to bridge the gap between Mars and Venus though. Wink

bg002h

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I outlived my lifetime membership:)

This is a very good social observation. I think that mainstream adopters won't think twice about liking Bitcoin on Facebook. So, I agree that the number of likes is a low estimate of total users (although it's higher than I thought it would be...and perhaps many likers are not users), it's probably not a bad estimate of main streamers.

We don't seem to have many women on this forum, but I think the female perspective is sorely needed here in general.

BitChick

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This is not a scientific test by any means, but I just looked on Facebook to see how many "likes" Bitcoin has. The top page is Bitcoin Users Org with 244,755 likes. Compare this with something like "Dogs" with 6,509,886 and it is almost comical. Of course, many of us here understand the value of anonymity. My husband advised me to be quiet about our BTC holdings. Who knows, some day just a handful could be worth millions so it might be better not to "Like" it on Facebook and announce to the world we have some. There may be some of us that choose not to "Like" it for that reason alone. Or most of the people using BTC do not use Facebook? That could be the case too.

But does the small number of "likes" hint at the fact that we are still very early adopters in this? Just thinking. . .

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