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Topic: What happened to all the old timers? (Read 3983 times)

legendary
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Learning the troll avoidance button :)
October 10, 2015, 04:42:31 AM
#52

Well.... I always like to say ... If you can't beat them ... Join them...

"The world ain't a perfect place. I'm just here to make it that much less perfect..." Mr. Toad from Tails of Toad



He-he well played Convert that qualifies as a fair use of a sig in that section  Wink
But well Tradefortress started it with inputs and an addicting campaign, Stunna ramped it up and here we are now still waiting on a theoretical new forum that will clean it all up.

Or you know Theymos decides to double down on the ranks again, sort of inflation adjusting.
legendary
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Ad maiora!
October 10, 2015, 03:59:22 AM
#51
There's not much going on with btc the forums gone to shit overrun with sig farmers and noobs plus there are many other places to get news and discuss things.

The old timers have moved on. Simple as that

IKR


Well.... I always like to say ... If you can't beat them ... Join them...

"The world ain't a perfect place. I'm just here to make it that much less perfect..." Mr. Toad from Tails of Toad

sr. member
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October 10, 2015, 03:21:27 AM
#50
There's not much going on with btc the forums gone to shit overrun with sig farmers and noobs plus there are many other places to get news and discuss things.

The old timers have moved on. Simple as that

IKR
legendary
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Ad maiora!
October 10, 2015, 03:12:23 AM
#49
There's not much going on with btc the forums gone to shit overrun with sig farmers and noobs plus there are many other places to get news and discuss things.

The old timers have moved on. Simple as that
legendary
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October 10, 2015, 02:56:08 AM
#48
My posts are nearly always soaked in humor.  Have you missed the last 4+ months of epic Gavinista lolcow milking?

If you don't get the (albeit occasionally bone dry or tounge-in-cheek) jokes, it's because you are being an easily-offended frump (and they are often engineered precisely to be at the expense of the thin-skinned).

I used to follow the GCBU thread but got bored eventually. And nope it's not because I'm an "easily-offended frump", more because I found the endless stream of the same few arguments peppered with heavy doses of lame ad hominems to be boring. And this goes for both sides of that "debate".

I am no "Gavinista" - I'm someone who has no clue and thus hasn't made up their mind yet. Which is precisely the reason why I was eager to read well-presented arguments and perspectives arguing for this or that. I have learned my lesson and will have lower expectations the next time around. Here's how I defined my role in case you care (manual quote because topic is locked):

Quote from: easily offended gavinista frump
I am very aware that I have little to no technical knowledge to offer in this space. That is why I limit my activity to the one beneficial service I can provide: pointing out, that we are all allies in the intellectual fight against centralized one world government and in order to succeed, we need to leave our egos at the door, lest we just end up mimicking the struggle for becoming top-dog, alpha-males, claiming control over what people should do and think, which makes up the current structure of TPTB. We need discord for the decentralized agenda, so let's be friendly about it, shall we. Discord can be a lot of fun.

legendary
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October 09, 2015, 03:31:14 PM
#47
Eh for me it was pretty much this sort of behavior with Icebreaker being a prime example. I respect the dude he has a lot of insight into btc and its ecosystem but the level of hateful ad hominem vitriol he has been spewing just turned me off and I didn't feel like participating in the discussion. Not that I'd have too much to say anyway. Just using him as an example now, there have been others, many many others.

WTF kind of fake-ass Discordian whines about a little shit-stirring?

OMG that awful Hagbard Celine, with his nasty piracy, just turned me off and blah blah blah I'm taking my ball and going home.

OMG that hateful Eris, with her terrible pranks, just made me feel like not participating in any more parties!

You must be trolling us!  No True Discordian would ever (unless spoofing) be so thin-skinned.

I invoke Poe's Law!   Cheesy

Finally you show some humor. Obviously discord is to be cherished for the boundless source of unpredictable creativity it is but FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE. This humorless, serious-business trench warfare of opinions has me bored to tears and is nothing I will have any part of. Which is just as well - we Discordians must stick apart. Do you even understand what it means to be a POPE? The part about infallibility does NOT extend beyond the confines of your own nervous system and people not grokking this makes for a bland taste of discord indeed. 

"Finally?"   Huh

My posts are nearly always soaked in humor.  Have you missed the last 4+ months of epic Gavinista lolcow milking?

If you don't get the (albeit occasionally bone dry or tounge-in-cheek) jokes, it's because you are being an easily-offended frump (and they are often engineered precisely to be at the expense of the thin-skinned).



But that's fine, even ideal, as your astute point about how "Discordians must stick apart" illustrates.

I suspect your Gavinista sympathies are the reason why you somehow missed the hilarious meta level absurdity of our "serious-business trench warfare" over an obscure internet nerd fight!

Even the normally phlegmatic Nick Szabo couldn't resist getting in on the fun and clowning the Gavinistas. 



So lighten up Francis!  We'll have bigger blocks eventually, just "not tonight, dear!"   Cheesy
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October 09, 2015, 03:03:00 PM
#46
Old timers are gone.
We wait for new and even better time.
legendary
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Imposition of ORder = Escalation of Chaos
October 09, 2015, 07:08:41 AM
#45
Eh for me it was pretty much this sort of behavior with Icebreaker being a prime example. I respect the dude he has a lot of insight into btc and its ecosystem but the level of hateful ad hominem vitriol he has been spewing just turned me off and I didn't feel like participating in the discussion. Not that I'd have too much to say anyway. Just using him as an example now, there have been others, many many others.

WTF kind of fake-ass Discordian whines about a little shit-stirring?

OMG that awful Hagbard Celine, with his nasty piracy, just turned me off and blah blah blah I'm taking my ball and going home.

OMG that hateful Eris, with her terrible pranks, just made me feel like not participating in any more parties!

You must be trolling us!  No True Discordian would ever (unless spoofing) be so thin-skinned.

I invoke Poe's Law!   Cheesy

Finally you show some humor. Obviously discord is to be cherished for the boundless source of unpredictable creativity it is but FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE. This humorless, serious-business trench warfare of opinions has me bored to tears and is nothing I will have any part of. Which is just as well - we Discordians must stick apart. Do you even understand what it means to be a POPE? The part about infallibility does NOT extend beyond the confines of your own nervous system and people not grokking this makes for a bland taste of discord indeed. 
legendary
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October 09, 2015, 12:26:36 AM
#44
The smart and early adopt people already earned enough and are doing whatever rich people use to do, so the only people left are the trolls and the unpreparated people.

Sadly
legendary
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Crypto is the separation of Power and State.
October 08, 2015, 10:39:02 PM
#43
Eh for me it was pretty much this sort of behavior with Icebreaker being a prime example. I respect the dude he has a lot of insight into btc and its ecosystem but the level of hateful ad hominem vitriol he has been spewing just turned me off and I didn't feel like participating in the discussion. Not that I'd have too much to say anyway. Just using him as an example now, there have been others, many many others.

WTF kind of fake-ass Discordian whines about a little shit-stirring?

OMG that awful Hagbard Celine, with his nasty piracy, just turned me off and blah blah blah I'm taking my ball and going home.

OMG that hateful Eris, with her terrible pranks, just made me feel like not participating in any more parties!

You must be trolling us!  No True Discordian would ever (unless spoofing) be so thin-skinned.

I invoke Poe's Law!   Cheesy
legendary
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Imposition of ORder = Escalation of Chaos
October 08, 2015, 11:57:30 AM
#42

censorship gave this forum a final huge kick in the nuts    Angry

this forum just had its Mt. Gox moment   Cry

bitco.in is where lots of old-timers went.

If this forum is so censored and Gox-like, why does thezerg still post here?  Is hypocrisy a hobby of his or what?   Undecided

"Lots?"  More like 6...





OK Mr. thezerg, time for you to fork off and join your fellow dead-ender zero-percenter friends on Frap.doc's Island of Misfit Gavinistas!

Don't forget to scramble your password and turn in your prox card at the front desk!

Eh for me it was pretty much this sort of behavior with Icebreaker being a prime example. I respect the dude he has a lot of insight into btc and its ecosystem but the level of hateful ad hominem vitriol he has been spewing just turned me off and I didn't feel like participating in the discussion. Not that I'd have too much to say anyway. Just using him as an example now, there have been others, many many others.

I thin there are no more old timers almost majority of them have sold their coins and enjoying with cash money.What remain they are just waiting for Bitcoin to reach all time higher in few years.Some of them will keep holding for years through think and thin.

sold all there coins? lol

yea lol  Cheesy
legendary
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October 08, 2015, 11:49:16 AM
#41
Old timers are probably away from this forum but are very much active in investing in bitcoin. For speculation discussion, I always visit TradingView as I feel that the proposals there have more substance compared to the repetitive "BITCOIN IS DEAD" and "HODL TO THE MOON" threads here in bitcointalk. T
legendary
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Crypto is the separation of Power and State.
October 08, 2015, 11:33:28 AM
#40

censorship gave this forum a final huge kick in the nuts    Angry

this forum just had its Mt. Gox moment   Cry

bitco.in is where lots of old-timers went.

If this forum is so censored and Gox-like, why does thezerg still post here?  Is hypocrisy a hobby of his or what?   Undecided

"Lots?"  More like 6...





OK Mr. thezerg, time for you to fork off and join your fellow dead-ender zero-percenter friends on Frap.doc's Island of Misfit Gavinistas!

Don't forget to scramble your password and turn in your prox card at the front desk!
legendary
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Life, Love and Laughter...
October 01, 2015, 03:31:12 AM
#39
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully

The old timers are laughing all the way to the bank.
legendary
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September 30, 2015, 05:11:27 PM
#38
Some of us really old timers are still around. Smiley
legendary
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September 30, 2015, 05:02:09 PM
#37
I thin there are no more old timers almost majority of them have sold their coins and enjoying with cash money.What remain they are just waiting for Bitcoin to reach all time higher in few years.Some of them will keep holding for years through think and thin.

sold all there coins? lol
legendary
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September 30, 2015, 06:36:14 AM
#36
I thin there are no more old timers almost majority of them have sold their coins and enjoying with cash money.What remain they are just waiting for Bitcoin to reach all time higher in few years.Some of them will keep holding for years through think and thin.
hero member
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September 30, 2015, 05:44:45 AM
#35
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully


They have given up and stop hoping for bitcoin and sold their coins to others.
Its what they do I guess.

Based on what? Most old timers hold at least some coins...what if...They just leaved this forum since the heavy trolling and censorship came...I loved the wall thread before 2 years, many smart people were there...now? It is mostly trash after trash...so these things demotivates you from being active in the forum, but it doesn't demotivate people from btc ideology and possible future financial gains
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September 30, 2015, 12:39:27 AM
#34
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully


They have given up and stop hoping for bitcoin and sold their coins to others.
Its what they do I guess.
full member
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September 29, 2015, 10:08:57 PM
#33
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully

I guess they are relaxing or whatever they're doing and I'm sure they are just keeping there coins in a safe place. And they are not totally gone.
sr. member
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September 29, 2015, 03:41:14 PM
#32
forum stagnating as much as the price. stopping one of the most interesting threads is going to push people away. maybe thats what was wanted though *shrugs*

doesn't matter if btctalk dies though. honey badger don't care.

there is no point arguing with the rolling waves of incoming trolls about anything, as soon as the tide turns, they'll all wash back out to sea.

its like every internet community. X is the cancer killing Y etc etc

the thing itself remains. whatever happens the trolls only have there words. I have bitcoin.

In the end we either both have nothing or ...

This. The engine was running a little rough, sputtering a bit, and the solution devised was to take a sledge hammer to the carburetor.
legendary
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September 29, 2015, 03:25:26 PM
#31
During less volatile accumulation periods many folks, bears and bulls, tend to chill out and do other things w/ their time. This is pretty much the case for some of the old timers around here at this point.

yup yup
legendary
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September 28, 2015, 10:20:40 AM
#30
forum stagnating as much as the price. stopping one of the most interesting threads is going to push people away. maybe thats what was wanted though *shrugs*

doesn't matter if btctalk dies though. honey badger don't care.

there is no point arguing with the rolling waves of incoming trolls about anything, as soon as the tide turns, they'll all wash back out to sea.

its like every internet community. X is the cancer killing Y etc etc

the thing itself remains. whatever happens the trolls only have there words. I have bitcoin.

In the end we either both have nothing or ...
legendary
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Welt Am Draht
September 28, 2015, 08:53:01 AM
#29
If you were really invested in bitcoin from the early days you'll either be chilling on your yacht or maybe busy setting up bitcoin business (or spending your cash) so probably not much time to post on a forum anymore.

Depends. If you're still working on crypto related projects there's still a lot of discussion and business to be found on here. And it's hard to find like minded folks in real life who have an interest in this subject. There are lots of corners of this forum where proper discourse still happens.
member
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September 28, 2015, 08:16:51 AM
#28
There's only really so much you can discuss on a forum and most people get bored or tired of all the stupid get rich newbs and negative trolls. If you were really invested in bitcoin from the early days you'll either be chilling on your yacht or maybe busy setting up bitcoin business (or spending your cash) so probably not much time to post on a forum anymore.
legendary
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September 28, 2015, 07:31:42 AM
#27
The "Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP." folks migrated to the bitco.in forum.
newbie
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September 24, 2015, 06:49:23 PM
#26
I'm an alt of an old timer. I don't even want to be associated with coming back! If you are referring to the Speculation forum, many of us left this cesspool for TradingView.
legendary
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September 24, 2015, 04:02:29 PM
#25
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September 21, 2015, 12:22:31 PM
#24
It's been a boring year, and on top of that new people are always joining so the ratio of newbie posts to oldsters goes up.
legendary
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September 21, 2015, 11:07:16 AM
#23
hero member
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September 21, 2015, 09:35:16 AM
#22
Many of the early adopters eventually left the scene or stopped caring. Theymos has said that the administration of the forum was eventually passed to him for reasons like that. I don't find it surprising that over time some people lose interest over bitcoin. After all, bitcoin is a thing, an idea, a tool and neither of those don't remains interesting forever to everybody.
8up
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September 21, 2015, 09:30:58 AM
#21
The reasons above are all true, but the "creative moderation" that twisted legitimate debate and discussion about the bifurcating future of Bitcoin as either a person-2-person or settlement network into altcoin censorship gave this forum a final huge kick in the nuts.  It was a huge loss-of-confidence in the impartiality of this forum regardless of which side you were on.

And whether you agreed or disagreed with the author of the GCBU thread about that issue, the fact remains that he provided an awesome distillation of and commentary on current world economic events.  GCBU readers would then pop off and comment on other threads in speculation. 

Basically this forum and bitcoin discussion as a whole just had its Mt. Gox moment.

 

bitco.in is where lots of old-timers went.
legendary
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September 21, 2015, 09:25:40 AM
#20
The reasons above are all true, but the "creative moderation" that twisted legitimate debate and discussion about the bifurcating future of Bitcoin as either a person-2-person or settlement network into altcoin censorship gave this forum a final huge kick in the nuts.  It was a huge loss-of-confidence in the impartiality of this forum regardless of which side you were on.

And whether you agreed or disagreed with the author of the GCBU thread about that issue, the fact remains that he provided an awesome distillation of and commentary on current world economic events.  GCBU readers would then pop off and comment on other threads in speculation. 

Basically this forum and bitcoin discussion as a whole just had its Mt. Gox moment.

 
legendary
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Welt Am Draht
September 21, 2015, 08:12:44 AM
#19
Yes, it's peak troll out there, I am quite bored of it. I'm still long term bullish but can't be bothered arguing about it ATM Smiley

The trolling's pretty subdued too. There used to be plenty of them. Now there's just a few holdouts who'd still be trolling if a coin was a million dollars and suckled on their phallus.
legendary
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September 21, 2015, 08:09:49 AM
#18
Old timers are in hibernation.

Every time the price spikes, I see a lot more traders in the OTC markets.

For example, last week's pop from the 227 to 336 saw a 25% increase in OTC traders trying to get rid of their coin.

As the price drops, more get stuck holding the bag.

legendary
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September 21, 2015, 05:48:34 AM
#17
like everything else, for many it was seen as a trend only for a quick buck, when they realized that there was no quick buck they left the scene

some of them , i'm sure have acquired a good fortune other have lost tons of money, it's how everything work as usual...
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Legendary trader
September 21, 2015, 05:21:28 AM
#16
Some died. Not everybody can survive.
legendary
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September 21, 2015, 03:27:46 AM
#15
Yes, it's peak troll out there, I am quite bored of it. I'm still long term bullish but can't be bothered arguing about it ATM Smiley
legendary
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September 20, 2015, 03:28:32 PM
#14
I have to admit that in long periods of slow price regression me too gets a bit bored and just wants to read a bit without posting too much. Recent pump to 300 raised activity on all member levels I guess, which is now fading again.
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Move On !!!!!!
September 20, 2015, 03:21:31 PM
#13
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully

I guess they have all just got tired of fighting all these trolls on this forum nowadays. As you can see, there are too many of them.

All of the older timers have probably just stashed their coins into the cold storages and took a break of this forum. Too much drama going on here lately.
legendary
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September 20, 2015, 02:48:58 PM
#12
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully


I think most of them are to bored to read the forum and visit it from time to time only to check "Lets talk about Asian girls" in Off topic part of forum.
legendary
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September 20, 2015, 08:31:09 AM
#11
When I started, I was primarily active in the speculations sub-forum. Back then I was also "thinking in USD, and not in BTC".

This has changed.

I'm a perma bull with long term perspective.

At this point I acknowledge that I have no crystal ball, and therefore speculation equals risk to lose precious coins, at least for me.
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September 20, 2015, 08:04:40 AM
#10
Old timers will come back for sure one day.
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September 20, 2015, 07:57:58 AM
#9
The old timers have seen how things have changed over the bitcoin landscape. No more excitement. No more "To Da Moon." They have seen the writing on the wall. The old timers have moved on to bigger and better things.
legendary
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September 20, 2015, 05:01:17 AM
#8
Remember that linuxfoundation forum post that claimed to be from Satoshi that discussed the block size? There are posts by other old timers in that thread like one by Laszlo Hanyecz (the guy that swapped 10k Bitcoins for two pizzas). Other old timer heavyweight posters in that thread include Peter Todd, Gregory Maxwell, and Jeff Garzik, Laszlo Hanyecz hasn't posted here since February 20, 2014 and last logged in here on August 15, 2014 under his bitcointalk account name of laszlo. However he's still posting on the linuxfoundation forum, which seems to be where the other old timers have gone.

http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-August/thread.html#10238
legendary
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Learning the troll avoidance button :)
September 20, 2015, 02:41:04 AM
#7
During less volatile accumulation periods many folks, bears and bulls, tend to chill out and do other things w/ their time. This is pretty much the case for some of the old timers around here at this point.

Pretty much what Ramsay said just lurking and watching at the sidelines for now
Letting the devs have their debate and awaiting the halving Smiley
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September 19, 2015, 09:19:29 PM
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I think a few of the old guard went to cryptocrypt but I think you had to be invited or something. I guess if you came of age between 2010-2012 you might find the ever increasing volume here hard to take.
That's a sign of the times to come. You won't get the growth you want or adoption w/o average everyday people coming on board. And with that, less shiny material to read. That's what all the developers and app makers are doing is taking the  over the head stuff and making things a lot more chilled for the plebs.
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September 19, 2015, 08:21:07 PM
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I think a few of the old guard went to cryptocrypt but I think you had to be invited or something. I guess if you came of age between 2010-2012 you might find the ever increasing volume here hard to take.

 Yeah...it's certainly been awhile. Used to be a very interesting read from some pretty heavy thinkers. Guess that sounded pretty jaded...not my intention.
 Just poking around wishing there was some action. Funny thing is, I used to wish real hard for some stability...now I think I'm bored lol Smiley
Thanks Gentlemand
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September 19, 2015, 08:15:04 PM
#4
During less volatile accumulation periods many folks, bears and bulls, tend to chill out and do other things w/ their time. This is pretty much the case for some of the old timers around here at this point.

 That actually makes a lot of sense Smiley
Thanks Chef!
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Welt Am Draht
September 19, 2015, 07:18:11 PM
#3
I think a few of the old guard went to cryptocrypt but I think you had to be invited or something. I guess if you came of age between 2010-2012 you might find the ever increasing volume here hard to take.
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September 19, 2015, 06:54:28 PM
#2
During less volatile accumulation periods many folks, bears and bulls, tend to chill out and do other things w/ their time. This is pretty much the case for some of the old timers around here at this point.
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September 19, 2015, 06:42:12 PM
#1
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum to post this.
Wondering where they went...I used to lurk around here and it was easy to simply ignore the shills on both ends and obtain some real wisdom.
Now it seems like overwhelming majority either bought at $800+ and are mad about it, or they fall into 2 catagories of extremist thoughts ie;moon or failed experiment. I'm long...guess I'm a bull"tard" lol (who's the genius that came up with that moniker)? and I don't trade. For a few years now, I buy small and slow...would really like to hear from some of the jedis I used to see here. Did they all stop visiting, or did they get tired of meaningless posts declaring fate of btc to be either dead or best thing since sliced bread?
 I just read through the speculative board and I see wonderful topics that, if discussed like intelligent adults, would really be beneficial to the entire community. But those (very relevent) topics are plauged with nonsense. How is an old Bulltard like myself supposed to learn anything new?
 Bah...guess I really DO sound old, huh? Go ahead and clown on my post but please, if anyone knows where the new playground is...help me out and link me up.
Ty for listening.
~the pitbully
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