[zionic]

Is there a good replacement for hackernews? The crypto-skepticism that derails every single thread even tangentially related to crypto currency has totally undermined my desire to participate in this community. It appears the "hackers" have moved on.

[zenlot]

Yes, it's called lobste.rs. Yet they started suffering from the same 'too sensitive SF crowd lenses', where they see the world with their very narrow view and anything that's not in their narrow space - will be of course downvoted. I kinda miss old groups where you would be able to read "not so popular" comments, without damaging your eyes due to them being greyed out, or without a need to select it to see the text. HN crowd is very specific, in a bad way.

[dang]

If you click on the timestamp of a downvoted comment, it should go to a page where the text is fully readable. Yes it's an extra hop, but that's a small price to pay for an immune system.

[ASalazarMX]

Lobste.rs is a club where the bouncers are extremely selective over who is allowed to come in and partake, only to find most tables are empty.

[ASalazarMX]

That's because many of us are skeptical of the current cryptohype. I'm sure many innovative things will come out of all these experiments, but right now, it feels like many people are taking the opportunity to con other people into using real money to buy their virtual money brand.

If you want a cryptocurrency-friendly forum, the r/CryptoCurrency subreddit would be ideal.