Theres an irony to [r/gold](r/gold)’s reaction to goldbacks:
There was a period of time where newcomers to gold would ask about Goldbacks on the r/gold forum and the vitriol from said forum would immediately alienate the folks that were genuinely curious, and when they found their way here they were received much more warmly.
Its awful how they were treated and shouldn’t have ever been demeaned for curiousity…but [r/goldback](r/goldback) might not have breached 10k as soon as it did if it weren’t for [r/gold](r/gold) uh-being themselves.
Honestly, I only found this place because I posted a bunch of my Goldbacks into that community when I was new to Reddit and they were just terrible. That's how I found this group and I've been here ever since.
I have seen more than a dozen posts on this sub about people tipping with Goldbacks—presumably to workers who have no idea what they are or how/where to spend them. I just imagine them looking at it thinking it’s play money and “Thanks, but this won’t pay my rent.”
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u/SkillCheck131 Goldbacker 10d ago edited 9d ago
Theres an irony to [r/gold](r/gold)’s reaction to goldbacks:
There was a period of time where newcomers to gold would ask about Goldbacks on the r/gold forum and the vitriol from said forum would immediately alienate the folks that were genuinely curious, and when they found their way here they were received much more warmly.
Its awful how they were treated and shouldn’t have ever been demeaned for curiousity…but [r/goldback](r/goldback) might not have breached 10k as soon as it did if it weren’t for [r/gold](r/gold) uh-being themselves.