People with in-depth understanding of the issue are typically the ones who react to questions. Think about technical support or discussion for Bitcoin. The majority of the posts in such sections receive a small number of responses since only individuals with in-depth technical understanding of Bitcoin can answer inquiries and provide their own understanding of the technology underlying Bitcoin.
Because everyone responding to you is educated about what you have requested or can elaborate further for you, I am confident in the reputation of the forum and believe that any information gained from it is firsthand information.
Topic: Bad advice can still be gotten from forum. (Read 858 times)
There are several ways I used to vet if a comment, opinion or advice is either right or wrong, acceptable or unacceptable. Keeping in my that the term "good", "bad" is subjective. And your acceptance of it may be predicated on your past experiences, and beliefs.
The way to vet some advice for goodness in this forum is to review the history of the user and check for consistency in the pattern of comment or advice given. I also check for the engagement pattern of the user. This would show me the level of depth, and knowledge the user has on the subject.
The way to vet some advice for goodness in this forum is to review the history of the user and check for consistency in the pattern of comment or advice given. I also check for the engagement pattern of the user. This would show me the level of depth, and knowledge the user has on the subject.
While it is true that Bitcointalk is a forum where users can discuss Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, it is important to exercise caution when seeking advice on the platform. Forums in general can be a source of bad advice, as anyone can post on them and not all users may have the necessary expertise or knowledge to provide accurate and helpful advice. It is always best to do your own research and consult with trusted sources before making any financial decisions.
In the answer of technical questions, many time I have observed that low rank member answer with some stupid solution; they in fact don't know. I myself has sometimes provided some wrong information because I didn't know. When it's about technical information, we should focus on the reputed bitcoin geek.
Even reputable geek can mislead us maybe its better for anyone to read what those people written and study if there words have basis so that you can figure out things are in right place towards technical things you ask here. We need to do more research especially if we want to know technical things since we cannot digest those information on first read since we need to research more so that we can understand and find solution on problems or question we want to solve.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
Am that one person who don't jump into dropping a reply to a thread just after reading it, I go at length perusing other forum members ideas, opinions or suggestions about the thread, and from there it help me navigate in line with what the discussion is all about and not to talk abstract or out of point even if my opinion or idea is contrary to others opinion. It's very true not all advise as contained in the forum is a good advise as much of the advise people render are mostly subjective except for a few. And just because many forum members tend to agree with a certain advice and thereby replicate it in different ways doesn't mean such advice can be entirely a good advise as some times the crowd can be wrong while the minute few gets it right.
In the answer of technical questions, many time I have observed that low rank member answer with some stupid solution; they in fact don't know. I myself has sometimes provided some wrong information because I didn't know. When it's about technical information, we should focus on the reputed bitcoin geek.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
I think there is no such thing as bad advice especially in the forum, since they know that you only need to post meaningful and helpful post to other, aside from those who are bounty hunters, back with the topic that op said, others shared their experience, with the members of the forum that they have knowledge and experience, even though some don't experience it, they will have an impact especially to new members where, they have hint on what to do if they experience something wrong, like for everyone who post things to avoid, what to do, and how to, that is very helpful, also guide others what to do.To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
I just think that in the forum we are like family, who shares information and give advice to each other for the good of everyone.
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Anything related to investing, when to buy, when to sell, and what altcoin to purchase as the next big thing is prone to be based either on gut feeling, a cacophony of what someone else has said, or a desire to shill/pump a coin. I doubt that, in general terms, Altcoin discussion is going to have that many people trying to correct a narrative.On the other hand, bitcoin related discussions are going to likely have a more versed set of opinions and critics of this forum, bitcoin centered by nature, correcting in many cases statements that are not certain from a technical, conceptual o historical point of view. Price predictions though are not something to trust, as they are generally not based on anything fundamental (and even fundamentals tend to fail).
You have a very slim probability of receiving harmful advise or inaccurate information from this forum. It can only occur if you start a thread, allow some replies, and then lock the thread. If the inaccurate opinion or piece of advise is offered, someone else must step in to correct it as the conversation moves forward. You must find solutions to your difficulties in any thread that has been discussed through the entire fifth page if you read all the pages.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
No one gauranty you a correct answer over here in the forum, the moment a topic is raised, people are intended to make contributions based on what is right to them.To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
One love thing I've come to realize in this forum is the fact that, everyone's opinion can never be the same and people are right in their own ways and it is your responsibility to o be selective of the information you absorb.
The forum is open to everyone with their thoughts suggestion, and information so we can exchange ideas somehow because we come from different places and have different personalities and approaches. Sometimes it becomes harsh if we read those opinions but I guess pretty normal to them, so that's why some people interpret that they give terrible advice. Most of the higher ranks here have more experience, so they keep letting us know what the things we need to do are.
We are all here to learn, and knowledge will keep cycling, so after getting various pieces of advice from the forum or information, since everyone gives advice in their own unique way do your own research and combine it with other people's suggestions. This will assist you in learning the same information in different ways. The knowledge shared in this forum keeps you operating efficiently in the field, which is helpful to many of us. That is one benefit I get from it.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
I believe this forum is operating in one fold and body. Advise given here are meant to the intent of it. Nobody is perfect and sometimes the advise may not turn out favourable but it doesn't mean the giver of the advise did an intentional act to deceive. I remember during the ico season, there were many investment threads analysing and suggesting investment coins, some rose while others didn't and it doesn't mean the advise didn't work but just extrenous activities can change the plans of the developers and that affect the investment of those hodling the coin.
Yes, it's true that bad pieces of advice can be churned out by members here but I don't want to believe anyone would intentionally do that, except it were scam. The thing with advice is that the adviser tends to speak from what they think they know or that which will be best for the seeker, depending on the level and years of experience on the issue. Even advice from counsellors aren't alienated from this. For forum, anyone asking questions and genuinely seeking answers will have to read enough responses to be able to sieve through genuine answers or advice. They must've the patience to go through comments.
That's if it's not posted in Off-Topic sub-board. Otherwise I don't think it even gets deleted.
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For example, your post can be deleted if it's considered as spam or off topic. No one will give any bad advice to anyone. If anyone will do this forum has the DT1 members. They give negative trust to them. And they expose them. <…>
That’s would only be in specific cases, whereby the so called advice is actually luring people deliberately into some kind of scam. Bad advice can come in many shapes and forms, some blatant, some not so much until the aftermaths dictates the results. You will often read here (or elsewhere) people saying use this or that other strategy, invest in these or those other coins, use this or that other wallet, this or that other Exchange (it at all). Many of these suggestions can probably be typified as bad advice, but their authors are not going to be tagged by DT for the most, not should they. Instead, they can be rebated and refuted through arguments, leaving the reader with information that he can now contrast, which is a good starting point to discern what’s what.
No one will give any bad advice to anyone. If anyone will do this forum has the DT1 members. They give negative trust to them. And they expose them.
This forum is friendly. Everyone can ask question of any field and he/ she will get the answer. And will get more experience.
This forum is friendly. Everyone can ask question of any field and he/ she will get the answer. And will get more experience.
Everyone has access to the forum, so anyone can search for help and post comments. The moderators on this site are quite active and skilled, and they remove any useless or poor advice they come across. Bullies are not accepted here, as shown by the meritorious posts that show appreciation for the readers. Although I'm not aware of the forum's age restrictions, I think everyone over the age of 18 should be sensible when it comes to listening to advice and spotting good advice.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
Oh definitely- this forum contains people who experienced different results from different circumstances. Obviously, the advice given by some of the people are only applicable to certain scenarios and situations which cannot be applied as a a general rule.
You are right- newbies must be vigilant enough and responsible in following the advice given by some people. At the end of the day, the ultimate decision lies on these newbies, their call whether to follow it or not.
All will matter on their personal experiences and will not work if others will try to replicate it so best to get more ideas then just apply it since maybe you can learn something by combining the advices given. If there's no good result generated then much better if you learn from your own since nothing will beat totally to the experience you got compare to those people who over reacting on their advice given to the newbies.
If bad idea should be coming then make every possible means to emsure it's nit coming from you, we all have different ways we contribute annidea onba particular topic or subject matter and in doing so we must ensure that the intended idea is the target point we should focus on without deviation, I've seen alot of members on a long article post in pages with less meaning in passing out the main idea across, the truth is that everyone want tlhis coice to be heard but not all eventually were passing out the right and needed information at a particular time.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
Oh definitely- this forum contains people who experienced different results from different circumstances. Obviously, the advice given by some of the people are only applicable to certain scenarios and situations which cannot be applied as a a general rule.
You are right- newbies must be vigilant enough and responsible in following the advice given by some people. At the end of the day, the ultimate decision lies on these newbies, their call whether to follow it or not.
The membership of this forum is one of its biggest assets; it is made up of people with a wide range of knowledge and experience who constantly contribute their own answers and comments on threads as a contribution to the conversation from various points of view. But above all else, the forum is designed in a way that misinformation that contradicts the initial debate topic is identified as such (off topics posts and there are deleted by the moderators). But aside from that, reading more and contrasting other thoughts and suggestions before you draw your own conclusions is the best approach to prevent being misled by information.
So it's best to conduct your own research!
So it's best to conduct your own research!
Absolutely you can still get bad advise on the forum- some unintentional, some malicious, some out of ignorance. This is why you must do your due diligence, and it would be a good idea to use different sources from areas.
There are really negative advices coming from some members but it’s only rare to find them since most of the advices are still helpful and useful so you only have to sort things out which way you’ll benefit the most. While others fall on bad ones, we can expect that this forum filter most of the advices so that we still end up following those advices that will greatly help us in shaping up our investments.
Yeah bad advices does exist on the forum but, they are rare just as you've said. I won't see it to be a bad thing, having all them critics and negative vibes on the forum as, we can't afford to be one sided. A little shake to the left and right and one would get a clear picture of what is about a concept.Also, you get to make your mistakes and when the revelation unfolds, you get to learn better.
Bad advices are useful that way, they help you learn and if you don't learn, then you've really failed. In all, we've got to learn how not to hedge on everything we hear but must DYOR for verification on what to and what not to go with.
This place has been a place where I feels my self is being educated from and mostly got more understanding about cryptos and latest happening concerned all news and political information across the globe since the forum goes with the authentication of post origins. Anytime I m bored here is my favorite place to get busied and keep myself happy to read some funny questions from Newbies.
Sometimes their questions seems to be very funny and I will keep laughing.
Sometimes their questions seems to be very funny and I will keep laughing.
You OP could assess if that advice is good or bad. But in this forum, you can expect those things and it was you to sort it up. Ignoring is the best thing to do as we can't stop seeing those things knowing that the forum accepts all opinions from different people. Sometimes I receive PM from some members and I don't spend time replying to them unless it is necessary. So, if you think it was not good, don't bother yourself to deal with it but rather go straight to what you expect from others, maybe somebody could fill some satisfying advice.
There are really negative advices coming from some members but it’s only rare to find them since most of the advices are still helpful and useful so you only have to sort things out which way you’ll benefit the most. While others fall on bad ones, we can expect that this forum filter most of the advices so that we still end up following those advices that will greatly help us in shaping up our investments. 
So many informative ways are sometimes, filed with some miserable uncertainty; just to please the listeners or get credits for being very informative. So there are meant to be vetted appropriately, to avoid exchanging 'sacarsm' for the main idea -- one of which a user might decide to write out something In a way they understand and, in the process, the information losses its profound meaning.
Sometimes, making an information figurative (personification) could snatch its original meaning -- as the inscription might not be an exact / alternative thoery for the comparison -- for whatever reasons, it were irrelevant and makes incomplete CONCORDANCE.
Sandra's advise;
Y'all be careful with whatever informations you wanna acquire. Let go or, better still, suppress your unnecessary inquisitions and understand that learning is a process. All the informations that you need are viable; accessible, if not, read wide to avoid getting on with some self-invented facts.
Sandra 💇
Sometimes, making an information figurative (personification) could snatch its original meaning -- as the inscription might not be an exact / alternative thoery for the comparison -- for whatever reasons, it were irrelevant and makes incomplete CONCORDANCE.
Sandra's advise;
Y'all be careful with whatever informations you wanna acquire. Let go or, better still, suppress your unnecessary inquisitions and understand that learning is a process. All the informations that you need are viable; accessible, if not, read wide to avoid getting on with some self-invented facts.
Sandra 💇
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
You have Witten what really makes a lot so sense to me and we all should always try as much to read and understand to other opinions before we conclude on a particular thing or whatsoever. What we do here is to gather contributions from different persons and sum it together to take a single step. To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
There are bad and good advises here and we should always peruse well with diligence before we take any opinion from any source especially when we ask for advise from random people.
The forum has a disclaimer and everyone is responsible for whatever they post and taking information as reliable is at your own risk, but that doesn't stop the moderators from doing their part, they have the right to remove any information that does not align with the forum policy, especially if it is misleading and does not convey the proper information to the users.
Personally, I believe that it is always beneficial to seek knowledge from other sources; the forum cannot provide you with all you want, such as technical aspects of bitcoin and altcoins, you cannot study a single textbook for your thesis and research, you must consult other sources.
Multiple sources of information are better rather than one. Considering that this forum is open to everyone's opinion, we are also aware that not all we read here are good enough to rely on. This is a big community already and not all are handled by the moderators, so we gonna expect misinformations are still around and can possibly inject into the mind of the readers if they don't know how to analyze it. Personally, I believe that it is always beneficial to seek knowledge from other sources; the forum cannot provide you with all you want, such as technical aspects of bitcoin and altcoins, you cannot study a single textbook for your thesis and research, you must consult other sources.
This one indicates that eventhough the high ranking member even how they veteran they are or the trust score they got they can still make mistake upon giving advice. We should also work to find another information so that we can justify things we ask or verify. And luckily this forum is open to everyone and we can read others opinion which we can make a basis to try on.
The forum has a disclaimer and everyone is responsible for whatever they post and taking information as reliable is at your own risk, but that doesn't stop the moderators from doing their part, they have the right to remove any information that does not align with the forum policy, especially if it is misleading and does not convey the proper information to the users.
Personally, I believe that it is always beneficial to seek knowledge from other sources; the forum cannot provide you with all you want, such as technical aspects of bitcoin and altcoins, you cannot study a single textbook for your thesis and research, you must consult other sources.
Multiple sources of information are better rather than one. Considering that this forum is open to everyone's opinion, we are also aware that not all we read here are good enough to rely on. This is a big community already and not all are handled by the moderators, so we gonna expect misinformations are still around and can possibly inject into the mind of the readers if they don't know how to analyze it. Personally, I believe that it is always beneficial to seek knowledge from other sources; the forum cannot provide you with all you want, such as technical aspects of bitcoin and altcoins, you cannot study a single textbook for your thesis and research, you must consult other sources.
The forum has a disclaimer and everyone is responsible for whatever they post and taking information as reliable is at your own risk, but that doesn't stop the moderators from doing their part, they have the right to remove any information that does not align with the forum policy, especially if it is misleading and does not convey the proper information to the users.
Personally, I believe that it is always beneficial to seek knowledge from other sources; the forum cannot provide you with all you want, such as technical aspects of bitcoin and altcoins, you cannot study a single textbook for your thesis and research, you must consult other sources.
Personally, I believe that it is always beneficial to seek knowledge from other sources; the forum cannot provide you with all you want, such as technical aspects of bitcoin and altcoins, you cannot study a single textbook for your thesis and research, you must consult other sources.
Obviously you shouldn't be taking any decision more precisely financial decision based on the opinions shared on any public forum not just bitcointalk, even if you get advice from the professional still you're the person who is liable for the circumstances so just keep this for your knowledge and sharp it with your research and more.
Bitcointalk members are knowledgeable in many aspects on their own so that is the benefit which is not available on other forums so that's it.
Bitcointalk members are knowledgeable in many aspects on their own so that is the benefit which is not available on other forums so that's it.
You don't have to go with peoples idea on here, if you don't like it do not do it, its also good to compare people's idea and go with the most brightest one, some times the best solution to something is do nothing, also you can find answers on Youtube or Google search, if the solution to your problem can be shown on video it's even better.
Making decisions not to go with people's idea is not the best, the right thing to do is to find out if the Idea from the user is a good one to take in. This days people share lots of fake ideas that is meaningless and dangerous, but that does not mean we should look down on every idea that comes our way, it just important to do some work about deas if it is valuable . We all need good ideas to add to what is in us, our personal idea is not enough to be more productive. It is very wrong when people take ideas out there and they feel relaxed to see if the Idea should be take in or not. 
The forum is open to everyone, so anyone can find advice and comment on it. Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see. Meritorious posts here demonstrate acceptance of viewers, while bullies are not tolerated. While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum, I believe anyone over 18 years of age should be reasonable when it comes to following advice and recognizing good advice.
Not only that members should be reasonable on their posts, but I believe even the forum itself do not tolerate negative and off topic posts as they eventually delete it once noticed by the admin. Although we can still notice some low quality posts and sometimes negative advices from some members, but since you enter the forum with a more knowledgeable mind and more effective reasoning, you can always evaluate individual’s post if it’s going to be good and effective or if it’s going to cause you harm in the end. 
You don't have to go with peoples idea on here, if you don't like it do not do it, its also good to compare people's idea and go with the most brightest one, some times the best solution to something is do nothing, also you can find answers on Youtube or Google search, if the solution to your problem can be shown on video it's even better.
(?)OP asks the question in the specific reference to forum BTT and in its idea manifests how the attitudes of who initiates a topic should be, and consequently of those who intervene, that is, giving continuity to the interaction creates better opportunities to develop a topic.
So it's not about ignoring participation, you have to ignore the spamers, and try to develop the topics within the community.
You don't have to go with peoples idea on here, if you don't like it do not do it, its also good to compare people's idea and go with the most brightest one, some times the best solution to something is do nothing, also you can find answers on Youtube or Google search, if the solution to your problem can be shown on video it's even better.
This forum is very complex, there are many people from different countries, different cultures and religions.
Of course, everyone understands differently, with differences in understanding that produces a very good opinion.
maybe that's the advantage of this discussion forum,
contains people who have different experiences, write those experiences in quality words.
Of course, everyone understands differently, with differences in understanding that produces a very good opinion.
maybe that's the advantage of this discussion forum,
contains people who have different experiences, write those experiences in quality words.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
The majority of those who respond to questions are people who have extensive knowledge of that subject. Consider Bitcoin Technical Discussion or Technical Support. Most of the posts in those sections have a limited number of replies because only people with extensive technical knowledge about Bitcoin respond to people's questions while also sharing their own knowledge about the technology behind Bitcoin.I trust the forum's reputation, which led me to believe that any information obtained from this forum is firsthand information, because anyone who is replying to you is knowledgeable about what you have asked or can explain it further for you.
It is possible to get problematic opinions from the forum not because the opinion was intended to be problematic but sometimes the opinion might have become outdated or may not be the best approach for that specific need. Extra research is required of every question asked on the forum to test both the genuine response of a user and it's accuracy.
In running of a successful business the real take away isn't always about the positive reviews you get, but the negative ones which mostly are unbiased! And if bad advice exists here a little attention and guidance to such is all it takes to be a brothers/sisters keeper to put them on the right track as we all come from different places and carry different beliefs and opinions.
You OP could assess if that advice is good or bad. But in this forum, you can expect those things and it was you to sort it up. Ignoring is the best thing to do as we can't stop seeing those things knowing that the forum accepts all opinions from different people. Sometimes I receive PM from some members and I don't spend time replying to them unless it is necessary. So, if you think it was not good, don't bother yourself to deal with it but rather go straight to what you expect from others, maybe somebody could fill some satisfying advice.
I always believe one has a choice as regards a certain subject matter of interest. If one is patient enough to listen, the decoding of sense from nonsense comes with an ease. In other words, in this case where newbies or other high-ranking members sort information from the forum as regards bitcoin or other crypto coins and trades, it is imperative, much attention is given to the kind of answers one gets when a question of interest is asked. The acronym DYOR which stands for 'Do your own research,' becomes the pinnacle of truth for discerning accurately the right information from answers received or read.
One should after careful consideration be able to know what advice is bad and what is good, thus, filtering out the sense from the nonsense.
One should after careful consideration be able to know what advice is bad and what is good, thus, filtering out the sense from the nonsense.
For sure bad advice can be gotten here, but that is wholly left on the person looking for advice to wisely choose when various opinions is thrown on him/her and how to do that ?, You look at how many people's post that are pointing at same thing ,with this you will be able to filter between the good and bad advice, therefore now depends on your ability to decide on which advice is good or bad to take.
Basically, The Forum is only serving as a platform to help people seeking information about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency get the right information, To conclude base on the rules and guidelines monitoring posting in this forum ,it makes it a bit rare for people to get bad advice.
Basically, The Forum is only serving as a platform to help people seeking information about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency get the right information, To conclude base on the rules and guidelines monitoring posting in this forum ,it makes it a bit rare for people to get bad advice.
But most of the time, from too much good advice that will be given. Sometimes it's rare to see the bad ones or if there are really bad tips, they're from the people that are also starting to learn.
It doesn't matter, because the decision make us. Because this is a forum, and every user has the right to make suggestions. Snip..
So this forum is not an exception to other information-passing channels since bitcointalk is a decentralized platform that allows various opinions.be represented.
This forum isn't a decentralized platform since there's still an administrator who have full control over this forum, moderators that can delete your posts, ban your account and recover your account. If it's decentralized, anything that I previously mentioned must be gone similar like Bitcoin who doesn't have single person who can control it and if you send your coins to wrong address, your will lose your coins.I think you should read this, it's similar like other sites who will take legal action if the cases is really important/big impact, it's not a joke.
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Variation from the above normal procedure may occur, for example, due to these causes:
Bitcointalk.org is in US jurisdiction, and is subject to US subpoenas, wiretap orders, preservation orders (which would negate the above retention rules), and similar.
Furthermore, our service providers could also be subject to similar orders without our knowledge. Note that we consider PMs to require a warrant in order to be released.
At our sole discretion, we may voluntarily assist law enforcement worldwide. Generally we do this only when we perceive that the target user has probably committed a serious and non-victimless crime.
At our sole discretion, we may (noncommercially) share or extend retention on any of a specific user's userdata even without law-enforcement involvement. This is very rare.
While we don't intentionally set up systems to do so, data may end up laying around for longer than the above-specified retention limits accidentally. For example, a sysadmin might copy the access logs in order to analyze an ongoing DDoS attack and then forget to delete them for a while.
Computer security can never be guaranteed.
The social media space have been filled with many false information and manipulated news and article that is aimed at controlling the mindset and thinking faculty of the members of the public, but then again if we are serious to search out whatever information we need, we will do ourselves a great deal by doing so. And by that, we can easily discover the right news and information we are searching for.
So this forum is not an exception to other information-passing channels since bitcointalk is a decentralized platform that allows various opinions.be represented.
So this forum is not an exception to other information-passing channels since bitcointalk is a decentralized platform that allows various opinions.be represented.
First off, the forum is made up of different individuals with different understandings and knowledge of bitcoin which I believe is the major reason why we are here. Coming to the forum I will not say that I have been advised wrongly because during my newbie days till this moment, every advise or information I receive has to be verified through personal research before it can be put into practice. In the forum, you get useful information, advice, and guidance on the basic things you need to do to be successful and also you also get information about scams and scammers and the ways you can identify and not be a victim of them but it is your choice to choose the right or wrong advice here.
The bitcointalk.org forum may not be perfect in every way, there are always trolls lurking, but it is an invaluable resource for anyone who is interested in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The forum is an excellent place to learn more about what it means to be a part of the crypto world, and there are many helpful users who are eager to answer any questions that you may have. It's a place where you can learn about new projects, read the opinions of others, and share your own thoughts on the future of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Yes, one can get bad advice from the forum, but usually the advice is bad because the person giving it doesn't understand what they are talking about, not because the forum itself is bad.
Yes, one can get bad advice from the forum, but usually the advice is bad because the person giving it doesn't understand what they are talking about, not because the forum itself is bad.
But most of the time, from too much good advice that will be given. Sometimes it's rare to see the bad ones or if there are really bad tips, they're from the people that are also starting to learn.
It doesn't matter, because the decision make us. Because this is a forum, and every user has the right to make suggestions. Whether it is wrong or right it comes from the knowledge that writes. They can think it's best but not for us. We can only read and decide what we do next. But indeed for people who don't know it's detrimental to bad advice. Why people are always asked to be careful is the reason. Because I think everyone has a mind and every suggestion must be continued with consideration of the consequences.
Yeah this is so true, one can still get bad advice from the forum. But with the look of things, how this forum works and people are always ready to chip in their understanding of a particular topic, it is rarely that you’ll be misled by any bad advice. Bad advise can only be gotten through personal messages here, if not so nobody here in the forum will allow you to be misled by an advice given on a particular topic.
And when it's bad, you can have your own judgment if the advice given to you is that bad at all. We all have a way of determining if it's a good or bad one.But most of the time, from too much good advice that will be given. Sometimes it's rare to see the bad ones or if there are really bad tips, they're from the people that are also starting to learn.
One of the greatest asset that this forum has is it membership, the members of this forum are made of individuals with diverse knowledge and background of experiences that always proffer answer and make they own comments on threads as a contribution to the discussion with different views. But above that, the forum is developed in such a way that, giving false information that does not collaborate with the original topic of discussions are figure out as (off topics posts and there are deleted by the moderators). But aside from that, the best way to avoid misleading information is by reading more and comparing various ideas and suggestions before you arrive at a personal conclusion.
So best to do your own research!
Right mate. DYOR will always be an answer so that we will always come up with right decision because we know already the facts and right information in the crypto market. However, even if the negative posts in the forum have already been filtered and deleted, there are still newbies out there who took the wrong path and end up losing. For me, that’s not bad at all as they can always learn out from the mistakes they have done at first. At the end of the day, whatever the consequences we are dealing are just the results of our own actions. So best to do your own research!
There is a very little chance that you will have a bad advice from this forum or misinformation from this forum. It can only happen when you open a thread, entertain a few reply and lock the thread. Otherwise, if wrong opinion or advice is given, there must be a other person who will correct it as the discussion proceeds.
Not sure about the chance of getting bad advice whether it is small or big, but surely there will be always an opportunity to get wrong or bad advice. There are thousands of people in this forum, they have varied goals and characteristics. With this diversity, no doubt that the chances are quite high. Moreover, there are certain people who we call scammers or armies of some new coins. These people sometimes lure people with the hope of huge profits from buying a new, unpopular coin. In reality, they only trap people to buy shitcoins that may end the people's loss of their money.Sure, sometimes there are some members to warn people about the wrong advice. But not everyone is very careful and reads carefully all the replies on a thread.
Listening to criticism from other people can help you to make it easier to achieve your goals and that makes a lot of sense. You will be better equipped to achieve goals because criticism is one of the strongest influences on self-development, but you can only benefit from criticism that you are ready to hear.
Criticism and advice are two different things. Someone can criticize you without providing any useful value, but you can expect a lot of constructive sugest to be offered when someone gives you advice.But regarding these two things, you will be great if you can choose and sort out what is right and what is wrong. Someone may hate and criticize you for the purpose of putting you down, but you won't feel insulted when someone gives you advice. It all depends on your mindset and how you understand the message being conveyed.
This forum is structured in a way that only good advice coexists between us. Assuming a piece of bad advice is given, there will be members of the forum that will counter the bad advice, with good advice. For example, invest in Shiba and be a millionaire in a short time "bad advice". You won't be a millionaire if you invest in Shiba's ''good advice''. At the end of it, you will realize that the majority of the forum members will give the same good advice.
We all have an inner drive to achieve something. You want to look more creative in the forum but your knowledge is very limited, this is where you need the role of other users with specific opinions or suggestions to realize your potential by assessing what you show so that your weaknesses can be improved.
I firmly believe, you always have clever tactics to stay positive in the face of criticism or constructive suggestions. Listening to criticism from other people can help you to make it easier to achieve your goals and that makes a lot of sense. You will be better equipped to achieve goals because criticism is one of the strongest influences on self-development, but you can only benefit from criticism that you are ready to hear.
I firmly believe, you always have clever tactics to stay positive in the face of criticism or constructive suggestions. Listening to criticism from other people can help you to make it easier to achieve your goals and that makes a lot of sense. You will be better equipped to achieve goals because criticism is one of the strongest influences on self-development, but you can only benefit from criticism that you are ready to hear.
Regardless, you should not always believe quickly on advices people are giving you. Asses them. We should be aware of how to comprehend these tips. Also, do not depend on the "rank" of the user whom you got the advice as good and bad advices may come from low rank to high ranking users.
Yeah this is so true, one can still get bad advice from the forum. But with the look of things, how this forum works and people are always ready to chip in their understanding of a particular topic, it is rarely that you’ll be misled by any bad advice. Bad advise can only be gotten through personal messages here, if not so nobody here in the forum will allow you to be misled by an advice given on a particular topic.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
Yes you are right that mate as this is an open forum everyone here has a freedom to speech then we must accept the fact that there's a bad and good advice but as always remember that not all bad advice they said is a lateral bad thing that didn't help for us, and we must know that we are human and sometimes we misinterpret the lesson that they gave to us. This forum is wonderful all you need to do is adjust and be positive always.
Just go to the branch "Scam Accusations" and see how many kinds of fraudulent schemes are regularly described and exposed there. And that is, fraud on the forum is not regulated, and in the same way, you can get bad advice, and whether you follow it or not depends entirely on the person receiving the advice. On the forum, as in offline life, you should rely only on yourself. No one will tell you about the button, by pressing which you will certainly become rich. Therefore, you need to take full responsibility for making decisions.
Exactly, since scams or any other thing is not regulated or moderated on this forum, members of the forum most especially newbies need to be careful and ready to do an extra search for every fact on their own before accepting anything that is passed on to you on this forum, that is why. I have always kept increasing the level of my reading in this forum since I need to read a lot of replies just to compare and verify any information that is passed in this forum. Your point is very important and that is why I made resounding support to what you said, Newbies should know that the bitcointalk forum does not regulate or moderate scams, but members here always try as much as possible to bursts any scam attempt some scams still may go unnoticed by members here. 
The forum is a open platform, where everyone's opinion is been shared, my opinion might be completely wrong, so I believe you should always hear different people's opinion first before you make your decision, and if you are not satisfied with people's suggestion on the forum, you can still go out of the forum for more research. But I think if you create a thread on the forum, if you take your time to read everyone's opinion then you will be able to get your right answer, but make sure you don't listen to just one person's opinion because the person might be wrong, our perspective is always different, but if you hear from different people, then you will be know the right thing to do.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
The majority of those who respond to questions are people who have extensive knowledge of that subject. Consider Bitcoin Technical Discussion or Technical Support. Most of the posts in those sections have a limited number of replies because only people with extensive technical knowledge about Bitcoin respond to people's questions while also sharing their own knowledge about the technology behind Bitcoin.I trust the forum's reputation, which led me to believe that any information obtained from this forum is firsthand information, because anyone who is replying to you is knowledgeable about what you have asked or can explain it further for you.
The forum is open to everyone, so anyone can find advice and comment on it. Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see. Meritorious posts here demonstrate acceptance of viewers, while bullies are not tolerated. While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum, I believe anyone over 18 years of age should be reasonable when it comes to following advice and recognizing good advice.
unless those bullies/trolls posts to threaten someone with harm or consistently break the forum rules, nothing will happen to them. they may be shunned or ignored by the forum members because of their bullying, but the admins and mods will allow them to stay and continue posting as long as they don't break any bannable rules. 
If you dont believe on someone advise and you think its not helpful or sort of out of topic, then just ignore it. Some people might have wrong undrrstanding of the topic due to different opinion being thrown above each comment post. But even its bad, I believe moderators arent gonna take it down since this is a forum and any idea are welcome as long as its not a spam or not against rules here.
Just go to the branch "Scam Accusations" and see how many kinds of fraudulent schemes are regularly described and exposed there. And that is, fraud on the forum is not regulated, and in the same way, you can get bad advice, and whether you follow it or not depends entirely on the person receiving the advice. On the forum, as in offline life, you should rely only on yourself. No one will tell you about the button, by pressing which you will certainly become rich. Therefore, you need to take full responsibility for making decisions.
Always verify the advice that has been given to you. It's good that many are telling almost or exactly the same thing because that really tells that it's what they do and what you can also replicate of what you're trying to achieve.
But, it's a case to case basis. It doesn't mean that if it works for the majority, then it could also work for you. At some circumstances, it might not work for you.
So, verify and search it yourself to see what you think is the best or going to work for you from those given advices or answers to you.
But, it's a case to case basis. It doesn't mean that if it works for the majority, then it could also work for you. At some circumstances, it might not work for you.
So, verify and search it yourself to see what you think is the best or going to work for you from those given advices or answers to you.
We can't certainly tell what's wrong or right if someone wants an advice since every one of us has their own perspective. If you read a thread something, try to read the replies too or which replies would suit you it's totally subjective but you can nitpick what's the best advice you want whether you had an experience of it or not.
This is why mostly would say, "it depends" since the advice may be working for you but for the others it's not.
This is why mostly would say, "it depends" since the advice may be working for you but for the others it's not.
it depends as each individual has their own situations and most of the time, they are not providing the whole picture as maybe, some are reserving it for themselves. this is why some pieces of advice or opinion are not appropriate to his actual situation. in any case, the person can filter out those opinions and act which one suits best regarding his situation. only him can tell which one is the best path to take. but certainly, he should not blame anyone for his final decision because it is only him who opted for the finality of his decision.
We can't certainly tell what's wrong or right if someone wants an advice since every one of us has their own perspective. If you read a thread something, try to read the replies too or which replies would suit you it's totally subjective but you can nitpick what's the best advice you want whether you had an experience of it or not.
This is why mostly would say, "it depends" since the advice may be working for you but for the others it's not.
This is why mostly would say, "it depends" since the advice may be working for you but for the others it's not.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
It's always recommended to check other member's replies because from there you can also get an idea about the issue, we are all learning from other people's ideas and opinions, but if you already have one opinion and it's coming from your experience or from what you've read as the fact, then you can just scroll down read a few comments and post your comment, you don't have to read hundreds of comments to get a general opinion.
We'll always have different opinions on every issue, this is an open forum there will be conflicts of my opinion on some issues.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
This forum consists of thousands of members coming from different countries, different culture, education, knowledge, and also personailty.This will commonly also influence on how people are giving their opinion and also information in this forum.
However, if this is about certain information, sharing, and also knowledge based on certain trusted sources, we can use it as one of the consideration for our own leanring process. Moreover if this is about sharing experience in which can also be one of our teahcers here.
But,t ehre are also some other opinion coming from individuals that will also lead to different opinions and advice, including some people who may post about certain information but based on their own thought, not based on the sources.
Thatis why we are here not only ready and taking the information, but also we must be able to filter the information that we can take or not.
We can actually find so much information to be sources for us, they are so various.
But, we cannot also deny that there may be scammers among us that may convince us to do what they want, and then they can scam us easily. Once again, this needs certain filter from ourselves to avid negative sides of the information that we gain here.
One of the greatest asset that this forum has is it membership, the members of this forum are made of individuals with diverse knowledge and background of experiences that always proffer answer and make they own comments on threads as a contribution to the discussion with different views.....
But aside from that, the best way to avoid misleading information is by reading more and comparing various ideas and suggestions before you arrive at a personal conclusion.
So best to do your own research!
Plus all the experiences of others shared through using a services, websites and etc. that helps other members to gather data for them to learn and think what's the best choice should be taken next. But aside from that, the best way to avoid misleading information is by reading more and comparing various ideas and suggestions before you arrive at a personal conclusion.
So best to do your own research!
Plus, all the reported scam sites and scam accusations that helps to avoid of the worst case scenario.
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
Always remember that this forum also welcome newbies and that they are also free to share whatever ideas they have in their mind. So just try to anticipate that some of their ideas are not tested proven by time, the reason why most of their ideas fail. And if you’re not cautious enough, you will end up believing on them without even doing DYOR first, and then you end up failing too. That is why always learn to weigh things right so you won’t be misguided. And for you to do it, make sure to do your part first to be more knowledgeable and skilled in the crypto market. That way, you will never go for wrong decisions in life since you will always favor those positive advices coming out from pros in the market. To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
Advices coming from here are just guide for you to know what next thing you can avoid and what are those you want to adopt, since if you follow what all people said then maybe some of those will not fit to you nor will not work for some reasons. Also everyone has different opinion towards everything they see or experience so let the events what you go thru a learning experience so that you can develop your own strategy on your investments on crypto.
There is a very little chance that you will have a bad advice from this forum or misinformation from this forum. It can only happen when you open a thread, entertain a few reply and lock the thread. Otherwise, if wrong opinion or advice is given, there must be a other person who will correct it as the discussion proceeds. Any thread that is discussed to the 5th page and you read through the whole pages, you must find solutions to your problems in the thread.
I do believe that this is true that some bad advice is coming from the forum. This is because the one who give that advice was also given that advice and then share it to other that this person advice that he got from someone was bad but didn't know that it was and there are other who experience it themselves and it made them think that it's a good choice to make and yet isn't safe as what that person expected when educated about it. You can even see some example where a newbie ask what wallet to use and a forum user responded with a one or list of wallets that is not secured.
Of course because we are only human and we do make mistakes, so you will find bad advice here, even scam attempts.
The advantage of asking your questions here is that we cannot all be wrong and you rarely get one or two answers in a thread. Usually it's 20 or more and it's your role to read them and decide who is right. Ultimately, a forum is only a bunch of opinions, the decision is yours.
The forum is open to everyone, so anyone can find advice and comment on it. Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see. Meritorious posts here demonstrate acceptance of viewers, while bullies are not tolerated. While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum, I believe anyone over 18 years of age should be reasonable when it comes to following advice and recognizing good advice.
The good thing about this forum is that it’s free to everyone’s opinions and ideas, and you will not be criticized for that because I believed mostly are not only gain from simple observations but definitely from their own experience in crypto market. However, it’s up for you how you will rate them but as what is expected, those who are made by reputable and high positions in this forum will always be highly favorable by the majority as they have longer experiences here compared to late comers in the market. I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared
That's why it's called bitcointalk but that doesn't mean everyone should talk off point that is not applicable to bitcoin or a designated board for such discussion, everyone has a way of expressing their interest, displeasure and view they have towards a particular thing, but we must be careful not to got misled by them in their own cunny ways.
It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application
Yes, it will do much good to always authenticate any information received before taking further actions because everyone wants their vice to be heard including those saying talking off points
I do believe that this is true that some bad advice is coming from the forum. This is because the one who give that advice was also given that advice and then share it to other that this person advice that he got from someone was bad but didn't know that it was and there are other who experience it themselves and it made them think that it's a good choice to make and yet isn't safe as what that person expected when educated about it. You can even see some example where a newbie ask what wallet to use and a forum user responded with a one or list of wallets that is not secured.
Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see.
This is not true. Even if your post includes wrong information, moderators won't take any action against that.
I have seen a couple of advice that I could categories as been bad, especially from the anticryptos/antibitcoins that sometimes finds there way here. They make you wonder why they are here but in truth, they in turn serve there purpose.
This is why it's always important to DYOR and when you happen to give an advice, add a disclaimer as its never ultimate on what a user says.
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Although Merited posts may be taken as an indicator to something interesting, the content may not necessarily be true, or at least not completely. Reading through the whole thread (normally one can, unless it’s a massive megathread) let’s one potentially contrast different opinions and perspectives (some bound to be rather repetitive), and that often broadens one view on a given subject. Good or bad advice or information is often subjective, and even time sensitive. Over time, there are some posters that one may give more credit to, but even so, contrasting other viewpoints, or even with external sources, seems like a reasonable thing to do, especially if one is willing to follow some advice he’s been reading around.
Bad advice can be gotten from all over and not just the forum. Though there might be devious individuals that would seek to spread falsehoods intentionally on here.
In my opinion, anyone smart enough to surf the net for information, should also know that there would be a lot of good, bad and outright foolish answers.
However it can never be stated enough on the urgent need to do your own research, and know at the back of your mind that not everyone on the net and on here are innocent angels.
In my opinion, anyone smart enough to surf the net for information, should also know that there would be a lot of good, bad and outright foolish answers.
However it can never be stated enough on the urgent need to do your own research, and know at the back of your mind that not everyone on the net and on here are innocent angels.
Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see.
This is not true. Even if your post includes wrong information, moderators won't take any action against that. Moderators will delete your post if it has been made against the rules and gets reported. For example, your post can be deleted if it's considered as spam or off topic.
Your post won't be deleted even if it includes obviously bad suggestion. For example, your post won't be deleted if you say "it's safe to hold your coins in an exchange and you should avoid non-custodial wallets."
While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum,
There's no age restriction in the forum.
The forum is open to everyone, so anyone can find advice and comment on it. Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see. Meritorious posts here demonstrate acceptance of viewers, while bullies are not tolerated. While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum, I believe anyone over 18 years of age should be reasonable when it comes to following advice and recognizing good advice.
One of the greatest asset that this forum has is it membership, the members of this forum are made of individuals with diverse knowledge and background of experiences that always proffer answer and make they own comments on threads as a contribution to the discussion with different views. But above that, the forum is developed in such a way that, giving false information that does not collaborate with the original topic of discussions are figure out as (off topics posts and there are deleted by the moderators). But aside from that, the best way to avoid misleading information is by reading more and comparing various ideas and suggestions before you arrive at a personal conclusion.
So best to do your own research!
So best to do your own research!
I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?
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