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<p>[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 6316551, member: 100720"]I'm relatively new at collecting and have been a member here for about 1.5 years. I have been very put off and frankly intimidated by responses I received to a variety of posts - both questions and sharing pictures of coins I had. One of the first times I posted pictures of coins I had and liked and thought were cool someone came out and criticized them in a very mean way. It was a real turn off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do people really post opinions here knowing they are false just to mislead people? I really hope nobody tried to mislead me like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I came here for is to learn and share and connect with other collectors. But I never did get a sense of camaraderie. It often seems like a bunch of angry people ready to jump in and criticize, as though that was the goal - who can criticize first or loudest or wittiest. Not fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate the OP's post and maybe people will now be nicer around here. Time will tell I guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 6316551, member: 100720"]I'm relatively new at collecting and have been a member here for about 1.5 years. I have been very put off and frankly intimidated by responses I received to a variety of posts - both questions and sharing pictures of coins I had. One of the first times I posted pictures of coins I had and liked and thought were cool someone came out and criticized them in a very mean way. It was a real turn off. Do people really post opinions here knowing they are false just to mislead people? I really hope nobody tried to mislead me like that. All I came here for is to learn and share and connect with other collectors. But I never did get a sense of camaraderie. It often seems like a bunch of angry people ready to jump in and criticize, as though that was the goal - who can criticize first or loudest or wittiest. Not fun. I appreciate the OP's post and maybe people will now be nicer around here. Time will tell I guess.[/QUOTE]
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