> Also, I learned that Toronto has a fraternity (or sorority) that seems to be named after SBF.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Sigma_Phi

> Founded in Abilene Kansas, in 1931...

Wow, that's not a leap I would ever have made, let alone posted online. The rest of the article felt similar, like it was well intentioned but maybe somewhat unrelatable: hopping off X by using a different app to read/post, quitting mobile internet by mapping every hotspot in town. Maybe it's relevant more as a break from the author's norm?

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dang an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Not sure who you mean by "this person" but if you mean the author of the article, that would be dipping a toe into personal attack, which we really ask people to avoid here.

(Note the "evokes worse from others bit" in my comment below—I'm sure it's not what you intended but this is exactly how that works.)

(Also of course, persons don't need to be relevant for articles to be interesting, and it's the latter that we're shooting for.)

	▲	itishappy an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It wasn't meant as an attack, but I did want to draw the connection to the author's identity, which I felt explained a lot of the aspects of the article I found jarring. I'll try to reframe it!

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normdog 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ethereum

	▲	itishappy 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That actually explains a lot.

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HolyLampshade 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Glad someone else noticed that.

I’m going to sound like an ass, but is this the sort of crap we’re going to see published in 10yr when all these crypto folk grow up a bit and start reflecting on their “glorious revolution”?

At least the Beanie Baby people realized it was ridiculous.

I guess the better comparison is dotcom folks, and they were pretty insufferable for quite a while

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dang 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Can you please not do this here? That is, not fulminate and not cross into personal attack in HN comments?

I realize that this kind of remark is better-intentioned than it comes across on the internet. In personal conversation it can be just another way of chatting and making sense of the world. Tone of voice can do a lot to modulate pejoratives.

But in an online forum like HN it degrades and makes conversation more shallow, and tends to evoke worse from others, leading to downward-spiral-mode, which we're really trying to avoid here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

	▲	HolyLampshade an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That is a fair criticism. I’m letting my frustration with longer-term behaviors in social media influence my comments, and this is an inappropriate forum. I appreciate the correction.