Hey all,
I have been exploring bitcoin for a few months (and lurking here) a while. On reddit, I started a grassroots effort to make it easier for people to quickly email and contact organizations that we would like to see accepting bitcoin. Here is the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArZ3BWIAbHXndFdrdEc0VlhoODZYdlNGTFdZdEFJM1E&usp=sharing#gid=0
It's not 100% complete but the main thing is providing a quick way to contact the organizations. If you do so, please be polite and stress the benefits of accepting bitcoin. Don't simply say "ZOMG it has quintupled in value, accept it now!!!" I think the best approach is a calm, rational approach. If a competitor has begun accepting it (e.g. camwither.com), tell them that. They will be more receptive to adopting it if someone else has first.
If any of you want me to add any, just pm me here, on reddit, or email at [email protected]
Thanks!!!
Topic: So far we got Wordpress, 4chan, mega, namecheap and reddit so whats next? - page 3. (Read 10938 times)
February 19, 2013, 08:36:50 AM
February 19, 2013, 04:28:09 AM
I checked out the huge, infamous Something Awful bitcoin thread and it struck me again that the most comfortable way SA goons (as they're called) can relate to anything is by taking the piss out of it. The purpose is comic gold first, truth second. That aspect of goon culture introduces a systemic bias against anything that is too new or different.
In the thread, I noticed people making major, obvious errors about Bitcoin and other things - errors that would be corrected in almost any other forum, especially the non-Bitcoin ones - yet no one corrected them. Again their primary purpose is to take the piss, and if a caricature is more funny to talk about they'll work with the caricature. They live and breathe on comic gold. Some of them even check these forums looking for gushing statements to poke fun at. It's actually kind of a nice reality check to temper the enthusiasm that can sometimes get out of hand here.
Therefore, I think SA will only support Bitcoin when it becomes funnier to make fun of Bitcoin's detractors, rather than just its supporters. Either that or when Lowtax figures out he can make money by offering premium memberships in bitcoin. Since reddit and 4chan - the closest thing SA has to siblings - already both accept it, it may be just a matter of time.
In the thread, I noticed people making major, obvious errors about Bitcoin and other things - errors that would be corrected in almost any other forum, especially the non-Bitcoin ones - yet no one corrected them. Again their primary purpose is to take the piss, and if a caricature is more funny to talk about they'll work with the caricature. They live and breathe on comic gold. Some of them even check these forums looking for gushing statements to poke fun at. It's actually kind of a nice reality check to temper the enthusiasm that can sometimes get out of hand here.
Therefore, I think SA will only support Bitcoin when it becomes funnier to make fun of Bitcoin's detractors, rather than just its supporters. Either that or when Lowtax figures out he can make money by offering premium memberships in bitcoin. Since reddit and 4chan - the closest thing SA has to siblings - already both accept it, it may be just a matter of time.
February 19, 2013, 03:12:40 AM
I skimmed the thread and didn't notice anyone suggesting SomethingAwful !?!
I would gladly pay for a membership using BTC just to rub those idiot's nose in it. I'm sure I would get kicked out immediately for not towing the party line, but it would be loads of fun while it lasted.
February 18, 2013, 11:12:10 PM
I sent a question to [email protected] to see if they have ever considered accepting Bitcoins as donations. Relatively speaking, SomaFM is probably a small target, but I figure any traction is good traction and their 'indie' status and approach may generate some interest.
Then again...maybe not. We shall see.
Then again...maybe not. We shall see.
February 18, 2013, 05:37:04 PM
godaddy.com would be the best.
That could actually be done ... Let me write them an email
February 17, 2013, 12:55:48 PM
godaddy.com would be the best.
February 17, 2013, 11:51:21 AM
does bitcoinstore rip people off as much as giftsforcoins
or more?
or more?
I won't feed the troll.
I'll take this as a 'yes, it does rip people off'.
February 17, 2013, 11:42:24 AM
does bitcoinstore rip people off as much as giftsforcoins
or more?
or more?
I won't feed the troll.
February 17, 2013, 11:34:58 AM
does bitcoinstore rip people off as much as giftsforcoins
or more?
or more?
February 17, 2013, 11:29:57 AM
I think bitconstore, if it starts to gain traction, can put pricing pressure on the Neweggs and Tigerdirects of this world. Pricing pressure that they will only be able to relieve by also offering a discounted BTC payment option.
Market segments with low margins and cutthroat competition, where a 1% difference can make or break a sale, are prime candidates for a kind of "BTC domino effect" once a first vendor offers a BTC option. Aside from electronics, rental cars, airlines, cruises, and hotels could be other examples of such segments ready to be bitcoined.
Market segments with low margins and cutthroat competition, where a 1% difference can make or break a sale, are prime candidates for a kind of "BTC domino effect" once a first vendor offers a BTC option. Aside from electronics, rental cars, airlines, cruises, and hotels could be other examples of such segments ready to be bitcoined.
This!
We don't need to ask for amazon or ebay to trust bitcoin.. they won't. We need to show them competition, like our amazon killer ( bitcoinstore.com ) and our ebay killer ( bitmit.net ).
And then services like alibaba, dx, will follow...
February 17, 2013, 10:03:22 AM
I think bitconstore, if it starts to gain traction, can put pricing pressure on the Neweggs and Tigerdirects of this world. Pricing pressure that they will only be able to relieve by also offering a discounted BTC payment option.
Market segments with low margins and cutthroat competition, where a 1% difference can make or break a sale, are prime candidates for a kind of "BTC domino effect" once a first vendor offers a BTC option. Aside from electronics, rental cars, airlines, cruises, and hotels could be other examples of such segments ready to be bitcoined.
Market segments with low margins and cutthroat competition, where a 1% difference can make or break a sale, are prime candidates for a kind of "BTC domino effect" once a first vendor offers a BTC option. Aside from electronics, rental cars, airlines, cruises, and hotels could be other examples of such segments ready to be bitcoined.
February 17, 2013, 08:38:51 AM
February 17, 2013, 07:01:15 AM
February 17, 2013, 06:42:41 AM
Check out this thread regarding Grooveshark.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.994191
They are sticking with Paypal & Credit card payments they stated.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.994191
They are sticking with Paypal & Credit card payments they stated.
February 17, 2013, 06:32:15 AM
Italy is unlikely to have the ability to shower the Vatican with cash and benefits much longer...
Like that would be a problem, ever... Still plenty of other places where to get their funding from.
February 17, 2013, 05:25:27 AM
I don't think many of you guys in first world have fully appreciated the importance of these sites accepting bitcoins.
February 16, 2013, 01:38:38 PM
February 16, 2013, 01:32:35 PM
I think it would be cool to get the Catholic Church!
The outgoing Pope sent out the first papal Tweet; maybe the new Pope will receive the first Vatican bitcoin?!
Oh trust me they don't need bitcoin. Italy gives them over a billion of euro each year, plus tons of benefits etcetcetc. The outgoing Pope sent out the first papal Tweet; maybe the new Pope will receive the first Vatican bitcoin?!
The euro is likely to crash, and Italy is unlikely to have the ability to shower the Vatican with cash and benefits much longer...
I am sure the pope's bean counters know this. So, it would be interesting to hear the Vatican's view on Bitcoin.
Maybe if all the Catholics on this forum tweeted the hell out of them about it...
February 16, 2013, 05:35:33 AM
well, I just sent some letter to crunchyroll anyway.
i'm on my 5th or 6th free trial
i'm on my 5th or 6th free trial
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