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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7393944, member: 112"]I gotta tell ya Capt, what Mike, ToughCoins, said in his post is quite true. Now no, not every new member behaves that way but a great many of them do. You need to realize that Mike is talking generalities and you're talking about specifics. And you're right too, there are people who come here just to learn. Unfortunately, there are a large number of new members who behave exactly as Mike described.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, I get that, and I know why they behave that way. It's usually because they have done some research on their own. They've looked things up, read this and read that, and read something else. The problem arises usually because they don't really understand what it was they read about. They misinterpret things, they think this means that when it really means something entirely different. Or they think that because this is similar it's the same as something else. Or, what they read was simply bad information, inaccurate information, completely untrue information, or only partially true information. And then there are those who simply don't want to believe what they are being told because it's not what they want to hear !</p><p><br /></p><p>And that's the problem with YouTube as well. Sure there's some good stuff on YouTube, accurate info. But there's a a whole lot more bad and inaccurate info found there. </p><p><br /></p><p>And new members, beginning collectors, or just people who want to find out if their coin is the one they read about and maybe worth something, before they can trust what they are reading someplace, and that includes published books because they are often full of bad information as well, or what they are watching on YouTube - they need to know how to separate the wheat form the chaff ! They need to know what information they can trust and what information they can't trust ! </p><p><br /></p><p>And if you're new to the hobby, that's pretty much an impossible thing to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what is it then that new members should do ? In simple terms they should do everything they can to learn as much as they can. Both good information and bad information for it only by familiarizing oneself with both that one can learn to differentiate one from the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's the thing about a forum like CT. CT is chock full of people who are some of the best there are in numismatics. People you should definitely trust ! Problem is, how do ya know who's who ? Well it's not because of the User Title under their name. You can figure out who to trust by listening to what other members say about them. The people who know what they are talking about - other members here on CT KNOW who those people are. And they know because they've been here a while, some a very long while. And they'll tell you who can trust and who can't trust. They'll tell you what is good info and what is bad info. That's how forums like this work, and why they work !</p><p><br /></p><p>I've spent a large part of my life teaching people worldwide about coins, and I still do, on a daily basis. And more than a few of those people have gone on to learn far more than I could teach them. Some of them have even gone on to become some the most well known and trusted names in numismatics. And they in turn have taught me what they learned, as well a teaching others. And ya see, they do that because that was the deal I made with them in the beginning. I would teach them everything I could teach them, often spending many years doing so. But in turn they has to agree that they would do the same thing down the road and teach others. Spend time with others just like I spent time them. </p><p><br /></p><p>And that too is how this forum works for more than a few of those people I spent time teaching are members of this very forum. So all in all, this is a pretty damn good place to be if ya wanna learn about coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7393944, member: 112"]I gotta tell ya Capt, what Mike, ToughCoins, said in his post is quite true. Now no, not every new member behaves that way but a great many of them do. You need to realize that Mike is talking generalities and you're talking about specifics. And you're right too, there are people who come here just to learn. Unfortunately, there are a large number of new members who behave exactly as Mike described. And yeah, I get that, and I know why they behave that way. It's usually because they have done some research on their own. They've looked things up, read this and read that, and read something else. The problem arises usually because they don't really understand what it was they read about. They misinterpret things, they think this means that when it really means something entirely different. Or they think that because this is similar it's the same as something else. Or, what they read was simply bad information, inaccurate information, completely untrue information, or only partially true information. And then there are those who simply don't want to believe what they are being told because it's not what they want to hear ! And that's the problem with YouTube as well. Sure there's some good stuff on YouTube, accurate info. But there's a a whole lot more bad and inaccurate info found there. And new members, beginning collectors, or just people who want to find out if their coin is the one they read about and maybe worth something, before they can trust what they are reading someplace, and that includes published books because they are often full of bad information as well, or what they are watching on YouTube - they need to know how to separate the wheat form the chaff ! They need to know what information they can trust and what information they can't trust ! And if you're new to the hobby, that's pretty much an impossible thing to do. So what is it then that new members should do ? In simple terms they should do everything they can to learn as much as they can. Both good information and bad information for it only by familiarizing oneself with both that one can learn to differentiate one from the other. And here's the thing about a forum like CT. CT is chock full of people who are some of the best there are in numismatics. People you should definitely trust ! Problem is, how do ya know who's who ? Well it's not because of the User Title under their name. You can figure out who to trust by listening to what other members say about them. The people who know what they are talking about - other members here on CT KNOW who those people are. And they know because they've been here a while, some a very long while. And they'll tell you who can trust and who can't trust. They'll tell you what is good info and what is bad info. That's how forums like this work, and why they work ! I've spent a large part of my life teaching people worldwide about coins, and I still do, on a daily basis. And more than a few of those people have gone on to learn far more than I could teach them. Some of them have even gone on to become some the most well known and trusted names in numismatics. And they in turn have taught me what they learned, as well a teaching others. And ya see, they do that because that was the deal I made with them in the beginning. I would teach them everything I could teach them, often spending many years doing so. But in turn they has to agree that they would do the same thing down the road and teach others. Spend time with others just like I spent time them. And that too is how this forum works for more than a few of those people I spent time teaching are members of this very forum. So all in all, this is a pretty damn good place to be if ya wanna learn about coins ;)[/QUOTE]
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