Federal Reserve’s Facebook Page Launched, Trolled by Bitcoin Fans
The US Federal Reserve has started its own official Facebook page, which was met with a torrent of trolling. The page, which was uploaded on the 18th of August, was ostensibly created to create a more accessible environment for the people to communicate with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, according to its first post: Almost instantly, however, libertarian commenters and Bitcoin enthusiasts descended on the page, showering it with all many of mocking comments. Bitcoin, precious metals lead in comments. Within minutes, negative comments began to pour in. A common theme was Bitcoin....
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As an administrator for the Bitcoin.com Facebook page, I see all the incoming mail sent to us and notifications through the page’s application. We have just started building this new page, and our number of followers has increased quite a bit. Our Facebook page is designed to highlight Bitcoin.com and its variety of sections, like news, our forum, and....