Agreed. We are all big enough and ugly enough to make our own choices. Nobody should be trying to offer financial advice, nor should people be taking other people's opinions in posts as such.
I also feel its a fair point about the betting/crypto in regards to losing money.
Alan, I think you should put your personal dislike for it aside and let those interested in it discuss it.
EDIT: Maybe have the thread flagged, like some sensitive threads are, warning that people posting financial advice like posts will not be tolerated.
If it’s ok I’ll use this post to reply but the response is to the overall thread so far.
First it’s worth repeating that this is a Liverpool football club website. We aren’t Reddit. We host threads on many subjects but there’s no obligation to host subjects that aren’t core to Liverpool, the club or the city.
And the level of civility isn’t relative either. The politics threads are some of the most argumentative on the site but they are interesting to enough people and crucially there is enough interest from the moderating team for them to be managed.
There are a lot of threads that used to be ok but are no longer appropriate, partly because the world moves on and because the moderating team changes and evolves.
There used threads with non-pc jokes, negative references to homosexuality and ‘laddo birds’ threads that no longer belong on here. If one or more of the moderating team thinks a thread is problematic and no one wants to moderate it then it’s locked. Simple as that. We’ll always review it as we are here.
We have rules and guidelines about thread domination. I’ve made regular interjections to try and balance the, in my view, overly confident promotion of bitcoin, hoping that one poster in particular might take a step back a bit but the hints haven’t been taken. I think crypto currencies and their history is worthy of discussion - especially the dodgy place that they come from and the dodgy conspiracy theory terminology that goes them. I tend to find that when people start talking about the evils of ‘fiat currency’ and reserve banks then the Rothschilds and worse aren’t that far behind.
On the bitcoin/betting comparison. At least one other moderator would happily ban betting threads as well. The main difference is that gambling is recognised as an addiction and no one on the gambling threads is saying that gambling is a sure fire way to make money.
As for my personal dislikes. It’s not bitcoin itself, it’s the bullshit and misinformation that goes with it. I also don’t think we’re the right place to host investment tips. We aren’t set up for it and we can’t verify the qualifications of people promoting investments.
So if people would like a thread about crypto currencies that reports news or discusses the technology behind them and it’s potential uses then we can open one. If people are looking for an investment tips thread there are other places to get that information and frankly, if you’re getting it off a football website you might as well reply to that Nigerian prince who keeps emailing you.
