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<p>[QUOTE="cris11, post: 792337, member: 22136"]Forums are a sort of community where individuals who share a common passion can congregate while being several thousand kilometers (or miles for the majority of you) away from each other. These people can learn from each other. As these forums attracts a large variety of people from different walks of life and different backgrounds, the individuals who subscribe are exposed to foreign viewpoints. Additionally it becomes comparable to tangible community much like your neighborhood, or an ancient community, where the newbies can learn from people who have "been around the block" per se. The major con is that because it is only accessible from the internet, the users become prone to "trolls" or users who impersonate professionals. Granted this happens in real life, however it is substantially easier to accomplish this online where anonymity can be maintained. Another setback is because this is mainly a learning tool, it can become difficult to just describe things through words and pictures, which are fundamentally what we have to resort to on the internet. The lack of tangibility is duly noted here as because CT deals mainly with money, we run into issues. This however can work to your advantage particularly with higher quality pictures. As most coins and money are photographed here, enlarging pictures becomes easier and, consequently, details are more readily noticed. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is pretty much all I have to offer at the moment. Perhaps more to come later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cris11, post: 792337, member: 22136"]Forums are a sort of community where individuals who share a common passion can congregate while being several thousand kilometers (or miles for the majority of you) away from each other. These people can learn from each other. As these forums attracts a large variety of people from different walks of life and different backgrounds, the individuals who subscribe are exposed to foreign viewpoints. Additionally it becomes comparable to tangible community much like your neighborhood, or an ancient community, where the newbies can learn from people who have "been around the block" per se. The major con is that because it is only accessible from the internet, the users become prone to "trolls" or users who impersonate professionals. Granted this happens in real life, however it is substantially easier to accomplish this online where anonymity can be maintained. Another setback is because this is mainly a learning tool, it can become difficult to just describe things through words and pictures, which are fundamentally what we have to resort to on the internet. The lack of tangibility is duly noted here as because CT deals mainly with money, we run into issues. This however can work to your advantage particularly with higher quality pictures. As most coins and money are photographed here, enlarging pictures becomes easier and, consequently, details are more readily noticed. That is pretty much all I have to offer at the moment. Perhaps more to come later.[/QUOTE]
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