50cent said:IT all depends on who Coin Town, and the time of year. Some people are full of and others are not. yet, i've seen the people full of turn around, and make some pretty great posts. glad to see you posting again cointown, have'nt seen you in a while my friend.
ArkieBassMan said:There are 2 sides to this issue. First off, with any public internet forum, you are going to have those that "stretch the truth", flat-out lie, and make comments for the sole purpose of getting others all riled up. I don't understand the need to do this, or the lack of ability by others to just ignore obvious "trolling" posts. If you can't deal with that, then you shouldn't frequent public forums. These types of posts and posters have been around as long as there have been internet forums and will continue to be around as long as there is a medium for such. In actuality, it goes back a lot further than that. People have always stretched the truth, but with the advent of the internet, they now have the ability to "mass communicate."
With that said, unless you were there, you really don't know if a claim is truthful or not. There is absolutely no way to prove that huge posted find was legit or bogus. Words prove nothing. Pictures prove nothing. I could go raid my SDB's, stack all the silver, and fake one heck of a score...with pics! Either you believe the person or not. Its as simple as that. It shouldn't be a big deal either way. However, questioning an honest find could rub a contributing member of this forum the wrong way. Take me for example. When I began to CRH and post on this forum, for many months I posted about my many skunks and meager finds as well as shared in others' "hits and misses." Then one day I hit a really big score...and several people questioned the legitimacy of it. Some demanded pics and a few even flat-out accused me of lying. It was a bit disappointing. On principle alone, I decided not to post pics. They could either choose to believe or not to believe, which didn't matter to me in the least. With that said, I can guarantee I'll never post another big find should I ever be so lucky again to find one.
There are 2 sides to this issue. First off, with any public internet forum, you are going to have those that "stretch the truth", flat-out lie, and make comments for the sole purpose of getting others all riled up. I don't understand the need to do this, or the lack of ability by others to just ignore obvious "trolling" posts. If you can't deal with that, then you shouldn't frequent public forums. These types of posts and posters have been around as long as there have been internet forums and will continue to be around as long as there is a medium for such. In actuality, it goes back a lot further than that. People have always stretched the truth, but with the advent of the internet, they now have the ability to "mass communicate."
With that said, unless you were there, you really don't know if a claim is truthful or not. There is absolutely no way to prove that huge posted find was legit or bogus. Words prove nothing. Pictures prove nothing. I could go raid my SDB's, stack all the silver, and fake one heck of a score...with pics! Either you believe the person or not. Its as simple as that. It shouldn't be a big deal either way. However, questioning an honest find could rub a contributing member of this forum the wrong way. Take me for example. When I began to CRH and post on this forum, for many months I posted about my many skunks and meager finds as well as shared in others' "hits and misses." Then one day I hit a really big score...and several people questioned the legitimacy of it. Some demanded pics and a few even flat-out accused me of lying. It was a bit disappointing. On principle alone, I decided not to post pics. They could either choose to believe or not to believe, which didn't matter to me in the least. With that said, I can guarantee I'll never post another big find should I ever be so lucky again to find one.