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		conchy on Dec 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Slur, a decentralized, anonymous, Bitcoin-based ma... There are a few different definitions for that word, so I presume they're going for the "to harm someone's reputation by criticizing them" definition, rather than "to pronounce the sounds of a word in a way that is wrong or not clear"

lotsofmangos on Dec 25, 2014 [–]

That was also my impression. One of my first thoughts was "They may as well have just called it Libel".

Personally, I think it is a pretty stupid name given either interpretation. Slur does not denote reliability of information.

ademarre on Dec 25, 2014 | [–]

Agreed. Whichever meaning it invokes, it's not a good name.

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