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minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·4 days agoIt was originally created as a parody of Bitcoin. The Doge community used to be mostly people making fun of crypto “investors”.
minus-squarenao@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 days agoIt was fun when it was just pictures of dogs and not a coin
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIt was just a meme at first mostly making fun of Bitcoin. The community made a lot of funny content and really didn’t take itself seriously. What it is now is a polar opposite of what it started as (including its creator)
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoOkay but that is all well before Elon joined, so how was it fun until then?
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIirc it started as a joke. Then musk thought he’d make it cool.
How was it fun?
It was originally created as a parody of Bitcoin. The Doge community used to be mostly people making fun of crypto “investors”.
It was fun when it was just pictures of dogs and not a coin
It was just a meme at first mostly making fun of Bitcoin. The community made a lot of funny content and really didn’t take itself seriously. What it is now is a polar opposite of what it started as (including its creator)
Okay but that is all well before Elon joined, so how was it fun until then?
I can’t really speak for that
Iirc it started as a joke. Then musk thought he’d make it cool.