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by EGreg 1969 days ago
HODLers also use emotion and ideology to keep from selling.

It’s decentralized motivation to coordinate!! :)

Someone would do well to inspire a cult following and a viral one at that... then it will attract people who just believe in the To the Moon rocket emojis

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This is some of the oldest stuff in the book in terms of human psychology: how to create group beliefs, how to punish defectors, etc. I think it might work surprisingly well, given the rise of populist movements in the past few years.