Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on November 28, 2021, 08:22:57 AM

Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on November 28, 2021, 03:42:02 AM

I would also point out that threads in the press board is a function of news articles about bitcoin. I might ask which news articles you would like to see discussed in the press board? In the past few weeks, I have created threads (actually thread, singular) about an article I found in a reputable news organization.

Anything that is newsworthy enough to appear in a mainstream/large/reputable news sources, and not simply in a crypto-only site. Thinking of recent developments, things such as Taproot and the US house passing the infrastructure bill and its related crypto provisions would definitely qualify as newsworthy and notable enough to be discussed. Looking at some of the recently created threads in the Press board by our spammer of the month, things such as the opinion of one person that Ethereum is better than Bitcoin, or the opinion of one legislature that bitcoin should be a payment option, are not newsworthy in the slightest.

There were two threads about articles that mentioned taproot. I did a google news search for "taproot" and reviewed the first 5 pages of results -- the only article I found was one published by CNBC, and isn't much better (IMO) than the two that were already posted.

I might ask my question another way and ask if you have a specific news article that you would have liked to discuss? (not a topic)

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on November 28, 2021, 08:22:57 AM

Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on November 28, 2021, 03:42:02 AM

Really since bcash split from bitcoin, there has been very little drama, or contention about the future of bitcoin.

As I discussed somewhere earlier in this thread, I think that is part of the issue here. The number of actually newsworthy things happening to bitcoin or involving bitcoin is far smaller than the number of things you can scrape off the bottom of the barrel and churn out some completely trash click bait article about. Unless we clamp down on the spam, it will always outnumber and drown out the good/newsworthy topics.

Again, currently there are threads that have a last post made on Nov 1 on the first page of the press sub. If there is a thread about a legitimate news article being drowned out, it is taking a month for the thread to get drowned out.

I think the amount of activity (or the lack thereof) on the Press sub is a function of a lack of overall interesting news articles about bitcoin/crypto. There are simply not a lot of interesting news articles about bitcoin.