None of the comments I make in that sub seem to show up any more and the only reason I realized it is because I stopped getting any responses and checked from an incognito window. Sure enough nothing there. I know others who have experienced the same. Some people are outright banned as well.
I don't even bother with r/bitcoin anymore. The level of groupthink is insufferable, but hard for me to say whether it formed naturally or via direct influence (considering it's Reddit, both are likely)
I agree. I think it is a natural consequence of the censorship. If you censor comments and ban users that dissent people take the hint pretty quick that diversity of opinion isn't welcome and look elsewhere.
The one hope I have for this whole thing being resolved is that historically there are examples in Bitcoin of groups that were once very influential being superseded. Most notable is probably Ghash.io which had so much hash rate at the height of their power that people were afraid they could perform a 51% attack and that Bitcoin was doomed. Today they don't even register a percentage point.
