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<p>[QUOTE="umtrr-author, post: 793352, member: 5719"]Pro: The ability to share and gain knowledge and learn about coin collecting related topics that one might not know about otherwise. Thalia Elizabeth and I have friends that we still keep in touch with even though I'm not nearly as active here as I once was. </p><p><br /></p><p>Con: A lot of posts to get through! Miss a couple of days here and you could miss a lot. It would be significantly easier if each page were not just 25 threads long. I would much prefer being able to scroll through 100 or more threads on one page. But I would rather see more activity than less, as long as it is meaningful to a reasonable percentage of the active users. (You'll never please everyone.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I second the thoughts about trolls and anonymity, but I don't worry about it so much on this board than other ones that I am on. It is a general attribute of the internet that there are certain people who feel they can hide behind a screen name and say things that they would not dare to say to your face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="umtrr-author, post: 793352, member: 5719"]Pro: The ability to share and gain knowledge and learn about coin collecting related topics that one might not know about otherwise. Thalia Elizabeth and I have friends that we still keep in touch with even though I'm not nearly as active here as I once was. Con: A lot of posts to get through! Miss a couple of days here and you could miss a lot. It would be significantly easier if each page were not just 25 threads long. I would much prefer being able to scroll through 100 or more threads on one page. But I would rather see more activity than less, as long as it is meaningful to a reasonable percentage of the active users. (You'll never please everyone.) I second the thoughts about trolls and anonymity, but I don't worry about it so much on this board than other ones that I am on. It is a general attribute of the internet that there are certain people who feel they can hide behind a screen name and say things that they would not dare to say to your face.[/QUOTE]
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