Topic: How Average Joe thinks about Bitcoin (Read 4553 times)
I tried to explain to some "average Joe" friends the bitcoins and they think I'm only gambling :s
I went to buy a motorcycle... private deal.. asked the guy if he by chance accepted Bitcoin. He immediately thought I was trying to scam him and got mad and said CASH ONLY. I said a LOT of people use bitcoin and i was only asking. He wasn't impressed. haha
Hope in a year also, you can pay BTC in a private deal.
I went to buy a motorcycle... private deal.. asked the guy if he by chance accepted Bitcoin. He immediately thought I was trying to scam him and got mad and said CASH ONLY. I said a LOT of people use bitcoin and i was only asking. He wasn't impressed. haha
If average joes in the US, UK, Canada doesnt know about bitcoin how much more the average joes of Malaysia, HongKong etc
I am an average joe, and up until May of 2014 I didnt know about bitcoin and my initial reaction is "This might be joke"
Always... some people could not believe that there something like this happening in the cyberworld.
Pretty sure most Averages Joes have quickly forgotten about bitcoin. It used to get a mention in the finance report on ABC TV here in Australia when the price approached, exceeded, then fell below USD$1000, but now it never gets mentioned.
Maybe if the price rises again it will feature for another fifteen minutes in the popular imagination?
I am an average joe, and up until May of 2014 I didnt know about bitcoin and my initial reaction is "This might be joke"
Always... some people could not believe that there something like this happening in the cyberworld.
"...But Ready says betting on bitcoin now is a lot like betting on mobile commerce three or four years ago. People shopping on their phones back then was a very small part of the online shopping market. But that percentage has grown, and Braintree was able to ride that wave to its current success. Coinbase has only 1.6 million users compared to PayPal’s 150 million, according to figures from both companies."
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/paypals-support-is-the-best-thing-that-could-happen-to-bitcoin/
I am an average joe, and up until May of 2014 I didnt know about bitcoin and my initial reaction is "This might be joke"
Oh Jesus Christ I'm getting a headache just by reading these comments
Most people are just simply misinformed by mainstream media and intimidated by the nerdyness. I tell my friends the internet never shrinks, the intetent of everything is real. Even money....
The media completely controls most people's way of thinking depending on how they feel like filtering and conveying news and developments. It really is a shame that the general public cannot get unbiased news... I believe Al Jazeeer (spelling?) was trying to do "real" news, but I don't know whatever happened to that...
I would say that positive coverage of bitcoin in the media has greatly increased over the past 1 year.
Wow, these people obviously don't like bitcoin by the seems of things. Some of them definitely seem to have their minds set on their opinions that is for sure.
Most people are just simply misinformed by mainstream media and intimidated by the nerdyness. I tell my friends the internet never shrinks, the intetent of everything is real. Even money....
The media completely controls most people's way of thinking depending on how they feel like filtering and conveying news and developments. It really is a shame that the general public cannot get unbiased news... I believe Al Jazeeer (spelling?) was trying to do "real" news, but I don't know whatever happened to that...
Most people are just simply misinformed by mainstream media and intimidated by the nerdyness. I tell my friends the internet never shrinks, the intetent of everything is real. Even money....
These are the people who will look so sad when bitcoin gets global awareness and recognition.
I think the tipping point for "the average Joe" as OP puts it will be once either Amazon, Paypal, or Apple (or a company of that magnitude), implements BTC into their payment systems. Although that logic doesn't make sense, the general public is often not very logical.
Once a company of this size implements BTC, BTC will really be front page news and the average Joes will have to realize that BTC is not a Ponzi Scheme, nor is it a company that was shut down.
Once a company of this size implements BTC, BTC will really be front page news and the average Joes will have to realize that BTC is not a Ponzi Scheme, nor is it a company that was shut down.
Yeah the public sentiment about Bitcoin is a rather bad one. That's also the main reason why I'm sometimes uncertain if it will ever really get accepted by the mainstream. Still, I remain confident, since it isn't backed by a single entity, but by many that work together and in competition at the same time!
The average joe will adopt bitcoin when we give .01 coins to joe(s). right?
great in all says
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