The XMR community seems to favor diversity since we have different threads for speculation, support, miners/mining,imporvement etc.
Thought an unmoderated speculation thread where we can discuss the needed features for XMR to become the next Bitcoin can't hurt. I feel that self-moderation within Bitcointalk isn't the way to go.
I completely agree with dEBRUYNE. In fact, I'm fairly convinced that this is just the latest installment by the Creative Troll
(tm).
With regards to this forum, and speaking about thread moderation specifically: free speech = free trolling. There are absolutely no complaints about the other speculation thread, yet you created a new forum account for this specific purpose. Sure ... I've been around long enough to know what this is about.
Repeating:
Newcomers, please just stick to our ANN or speculation thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.new#new
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753252.new#new
Makes no sense to open up an additional thread. According to your logic every coin/project could/should just make a moderated topic and do what they want with the excuse to keep trolls out. Guess what the first attack will be? Hint: moderated topic = red flags.
This isn't a troll attempt, I'm all up for an unmoderated price speculation since we don't have one. Also iCEBREAKER seems to enjoy the ability to comment on different threads.