That all these topics and threads are pure shill and pump?
anyone see a trend in these forums that the main posts are about the flavour of the month pump coin? Then when it dies no one talks about that coin.
I'm seeing it.
Talk about how I'm a newbie, but I've been reading for a while..
Just a reminder to do your own research, half these threads are now about "WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY 10,000$ TELL ME WHATS THE BEST THING FOR 2018"
Meanwhile 90% of people do not understand block-chain technology is, in slightest.
It can be hard to see past the pump but there's other elements as well. Sometimes I speculate that an altcoin is about to take a dive, like I did with MCO recently just before it did in fact take a dive. Some view that as FUD, the opposite of shilling, but I think as a community it's helpful for us to try to help each other if we can, so I do my part when I'm able. At times, you're right, I'm blatantly pumping a coin, because I hold that asset and I want it to do well, and raising awareness of it helps. But I wouldn't pump a coin if I didn't legitimately think it had a good chance in the market. And sometimes I just post about how I think bots are manipulating the prices of assets, without really talking about any particular asset because in that case it's irrelevant.
So just speaking for myself, I don't think what you're saying is always true. It's true a lot of the time, but that's expected and you have to figure out how to look past it.
Unfortunately, a lot of pump groups pay people to post here, and they really have no interest in whatever they're pumping, they're just trying to get some sort of handout in exchange for being astro-turf (fake grass roots support). I agree it would be nice to do something about that but what is there anyone could do? Shut down the forum?