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> Does anybody find the constant promotion of Brave on HN annoying? Everytime I look at comments its the same handles who are also pro-crypto

No, because I don't judge individual comments based on what handle is attached to it. If you make a shitty comment, it's a shitty comment no matter if you're pro/against cryptocurrencies. And if it's good, it's good, no matter previous stances.

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But handles have value. It's why Hacker News has handles. So we can attach comments to them.

If four people say "I love Brave! It's awesome", and those four people are:

1. A new user just registered today

2. A long-time user who mostly talks about the Linux kernel and SQL optimizations

3. A long-time user who mostly talks about privacy and the search engine market

4. A long-time user who mostly talks about crypto

then that's four very different comments.

A lot of users post comments about Brave that are inaccurate. They haven't done their research because "crypto is a ponzi" and learning about crypto would make them complicit or something. Unfortunately, this sort of attitude makes you lazy and stupid.

Obviously we can talk about the merits of Brave here and ignore the standard one liners.

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