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Message:: [QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2546957, member: 76086"]True.  There seems to me an image problem with CT.  Many think it too 'low brow'.  Today I received this message from another source regarding CT: "Too bad ancient coin discussion have mostly left the lists.  At least the actual lists had some degree of real discussion. Now they have moved to things like face book where someone makes a comment or shows a coin, a number of people say "I like that" or on face book simply it the "like" button, and it ends.  I had a look at several of the "discussions" on the cointalk and found it is perhaps one step up from face book but not by much.  There may be some genuine discussions with depth, but none amount the samples I checked.  This is simply how the web has gone.  I doubt it will improve, rather only get worse." I do understand his opinion.  CT it more of a social site, not a scholarly one.  Most discussions tend to end up in a "OK, you showed me yours, now I will show you 10 or so of mine" mode.  But then, I appreciate that aspect.  Forum has more scholarly discussions, but the topics are usually very dry and boring.[/QUOTE]