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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheMont, post: 2456666, member: 80121&quot;]I find it interesting that when I made posts concerning coins, I didn&#039;t get a response, but if I made a critical remark about the forum, then posts followed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;World Colonial&quot; if you go back and read my original post you will find that I did not suggest the Mint issue a new Kennedy Commemorative in 1917, I commented on the fact that they issues a series of Kennedy coins in 2014 to commemorate a Kennedy COIN they issued in 1964. The Mint does strange things, but then again, the Mint does what&#039;s best for the Mint, not the collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>I belong to other coin forums and they require that you use your real name, I was surprised when I came onto this forum and found people using aliases. The reasoning is, when a made up name is used, people tend to feel safe in posting things they wouldn&#039;t normally post if they used their own names. Yes I did ask about names and using aliases on this forum, isn&#039;t it interesting that you didn&#039;t take the time to help a new person and tell them how to change to a new name, but waited until now to bring it up. No one answered that question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, any coin that I have that is at all valuable is safely tucked away in my bank two blocks away. Anyone who keeps an expensive coin collection at home is just asking for trouble. I don&#039;t believe coin thieves read the posts on this forum and if they did, I don&#039;t think they&#039;d bother trying to track me down from just my name (assuming the name I&#039;m using is really my name). I enjoy coin collecting and enjoy sharing what I and others know about the hobby, I just got the impression that the people on this forum have gotten comfortable with each other and when a new person pops up, that person is either ignored or not made to feel welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>For an example of how this can harm a forum you only have to look at the MCM forum, it was going hot and heavy with posts coming on at a rapid pace. People became familiar with each other and tended to not acknowledge new people. That forum became stale and now I rarely see a new post on it. New people bring new ideas to a forum and help to keep it fresh and alive and should be welcomed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, I tend to put to much into a post, I have to learn to keep it shorter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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