[rjzzleep]

why are we up voting these threads? so someone posts this fancy story about the bitcoin founder he finally found, which for all we know could be false.

yet, we have nothing better to up vote than every major news outlets satoshi nakamoto story.

[cjensen]

Because AP is the only news service that has been granted an interview.

[saraid216]

We are upvoting these threads because HN is subject to playing paparazzi as much as any teenage ditz and consequently devolving into a tabloid. This happens when John McAfee goes nuts in Brazil, too.