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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,296 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MsMorrisine said:
    i'm here for the post count

    if i have to argue with someone to justify it, let me know

    +1

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  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @yosclimber
    The classic "know it all" on Cheers, Cliff , loved to claim expertise on a lot of things, but was passive and not trying to insult other people.
    Oh, I see now.
    So that's why they call it "The Cliff Notes"?
    What ?

  • Married2CoinsMarried2Coins Posts: 549 ✭✭✭

    @percyb said:
    Lots of extremely knowledgeable folks on these boards. I’m humbled by the knowledge I’ve gleaned from others here.

    Apparently, there have been lot's of extremely knowledgeable members banned. Does Laura Spurber (sp?) post here any more?

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Married2Coins said:

    @percyb said:
    Lots of extremely knowledgeable folks on these boards. I’m humbled by the knowledge I’ve gleaned from others here.

    Apparently, there have been lot's of extremely knowledgeable members banned. Does Laura Spurber (sp?) post here any more?

    More than once.
    I believe she still posts over on the CAC forums.

    Just for fun, here is a neat thread, throwing back a decade or so:
    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/9894526#Comment_9894526

    peacockcoins

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Married2Coins said:

    @percyb said:
    Lots of extremely knowledgeable folks on these boards. I’m humbled by the knowledge I’ve gleaned from others here.

    Apparently, there have been lot's of extremely knowledgeable members banned. Does Laura Spurber (sp?) post here any more?

    Laura is banned here iirc, but you can find her on the CAC forum, as Braddick said.

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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey, my opinion, everyone has that right.

    Leo

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  • Married2CoinsMarried2Coins Posts: 549 ✭✭✭

    2012! How long have you guys been posting? I guess I can look it up for each 5* member. Who are the members who got 5* the quickest? Anyone know? Is it the member at the top poster lists who posts all the funny humor?

  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Married2Coins said:
    2012! How long have you guys been posting? I guess I can look it up for each 5* member. Who are the members who got 5* the quickest? Anyone know? Is it the member at the top poster lists who posts all the funny humor?

    Five stars means 1000 points. Each like and agree that you receive count as a point, and some of the badges do as well. I haven't even been here a year, but I have learned so much.

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  • @asheland said:
    Definitely an interesting thread! I feel I have a moderate amount of coin knowledge, and I am always happy to share it when I can, but I’m the first to admit I have a lot to learn myself, and this board has always been my absolute favorite anywhere on the Internet.

    Every member on this board I consider as friends. There’s so much ugliness in this world these days, this place is my escape from that.

    Amen: I'm grateful this board exists. Enjoy many threads posted here. I can always learn something new. To those who
    are truly "know-it-alls", I question why you're here. What benefit could you possibly receive other than demonstrating
    your vast knowledge. Those who are on here to share your knowledge, Thank you. We can benefit from each other's
    expertise

  • seatedlib3991seatedlib3991 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CRHer700 . I had no idea there was meaning behind the stars. I thought it was just a choice like picking an avatar. thanks for the information. much appreciated. James

  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CRHer700 said:

    @Married2Coins said:
    2012! How long have you guys been posting? I guess I can look it up for each 5* member. Who are the members who got 5* the quickest? Anyone know? Is it the member at the top poster lists who posts all the funny humor?

    Five stars means 1000 points. Each like and agree that you receive count as a point, and some of the badges do as well. I haven't even been here a year, but I have learned so much.

    I always laugh when people make a comment about "Five Star Posters". Basically, it means one has hung around for a year (or few months if really busy) and engaged a bit.

  • TxCollectorTxCollector Posts: 425 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm glad to take knowledge where I can find it regardless of the source. Most of you all know a heck of a lot more than me about numismatics and I'm happy to have found this forum.

    Even the drama can be amusing/entertaining to some extent :smiley: .

  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @lermish said:
    I always laugh when people make a comment about "Five Star Posters". Basically, it means one has hung around for a year (or few months if really busy) and engaged a bit.

    Agreed. A better proxy for overall quality contribution would be a points per post ratio. For example, you have 6.8k points over 2,754 posts, or 2.47 points per post. For context, compare that to:

    DeplorableDan = 3.33
    MFeld = 2.14
    Blitzdude = 0.74
    Cougar = 0.44

    Using what I will refer to as the P0cketchange corollary, you forgot a very high quality contributor:

    P0CKETCHANGE = 3.71

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 7:34AM

    Duplicate post deleted.

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  • hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mr1931S said:

    @Married2Coins said:
    2012! How long have you guys been posting? I guess I can look it up for each 5* member. Who are the members who got 5* the quickest? Anyone know? Is it the member at the top poster lists who posts all the funny humor?

    My five stars were EARNED by engaging with not just one but multiple know it alls, each with his own distinctive flavor, through the years.

    Flavor? :hushed:

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  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

    People who are know-it-alls are generally very insecure people.

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 8:39AM

    @mr1931S said:
    Nobody knows the trouble I've seen on this forum since joining it some 22 years ago.22nd anniversary just two days from now. My five stars were EARNED by engaging with not just one but multiple know it alls.

    Don't be too harsche.

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @7Jaguars said:
    Sometimes when it comes to “know-it-alls” , I think of the late Linus Pauling - the only person to win TWO Nobel Prizes.
    He used to recount that even some person walking the streets might have an insight/observation that have never occurred to him.

    He considered Snoopy as a mentor.

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 8:52AM

    A know it all who overtly tells others that they KNOW IT ALL simultaneously conveys information about them that they would not want to be disclosed, ........................ if they really knew it all :) (thus proving that they do not really know it all).

  • hfjacintohfjacinto Posts: 871 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Married2Coins said:
    2012! How long have you guys been posting? I guess I can look it up for each 5* member. Who are the members who got 5* the quickest? Anyone know? Is it the member at the top poster lists who posts all the funny humor?

    Getting 5 stars is easy, I got mine just for posting pretty pictures.

  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coiner said:
    Funny - none of the kow-it-alls have shown up on this thread :)

    Wow, just wow.

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 12:07PM

    @lermish said:

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @lermish said:
    I always laugh when people make a comment about "Five Star Posters". Basically, it means one has hung around for a year (or few months if really busy) and engaged a bit.

    Agreed. A better proxy for overall quality contribution would be a points per post ratio. For example, you have 6.8k points over 2,754 posts, or 2.47 points per post. For context, compare that to:

    DeplorableDan = 3.33
    MFeld = 2.14
    Blitzdude = 0.74
    Cougar = 0.44

    Using what I will refer to as the P0cketchange corollary, you forgot a very high quality contributor:

    P0CKETCHANGE = 3.71

    This only gives me a 1.13 rating. I too, propose a rating scale: (Likes+Agrees)/Lols. I get a 4.47.
    Cougar gets a 3.71 astonishingly.

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  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 12:36PM

    @CRHer700 said:

    @lermish said:

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @lermish said:
    I always laugh when people make a comment about "Five Star Posters". Basically, it means one has hung around for a year (or few months if really busy) and engaged a bit.

    Agreed. A better proxy for overall quality contribution would be a points per post ratio. For example, you have 6.8k points over 2,754 posts, or 2.47 points per post. For context, compare that to:

    DeplorableDan = 3.33
    MFeld = 2.14
    Blitzdude = 0.74
    Cougar = 0.44

    Using what I will refer to as the P0cketchange corollary, you forgot a very high quality contributor:

    P0CKETCHANGE = 3.71

    This only gives me a 1.13 rating. I too, propose a rating scale: (Likes+Agrees)/Lols. I get a 4.47.
    Cougar gets a 3.71 astonishingly.

    EDIT: Whoops, i messed up your formula.

    I've spoken with other members and reviewed old posts...I do think that roughly pre-covid, our beloved Coug was a lot more reasonable.

  • hfjacintohfjacinto Posts: 871 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 12:37PM

    I'm at 2439 Likes and 251 agrees and 850 posts.

    So 2690/850 = 3.165

    (Likes+Agrees)/Lols.
    2690/276=9.746

  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 12:49PM

    @hfjacinto said:
    I'm at 2439 Likes and 251 agrees and 850 posts.

    So 2690/850 = 3.165

    (Likes+Agrees)/Lols.
    2690/276=9.746

    How can you see 2439 likes? I only see 2.4K.
    You have a great score.

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  • hfjacintohfjacinto Posts: 871 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can only see the number on a laptop. I can’t see it on my phone. I just hover over the number and it pops up.

  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 8,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So this must be the hoppin place today! I should be safe here :D

  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @hfjacinto said:
    I can only see the number on a laptop. I can’t see it on my phone. I just hover over the number and it pops up.

    I did not know that. Thanks.

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 1:22PM

    @jeffas1974 said:

    @CRHer700 said:

    @lermish said:

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @lermish said:
    I always laugh when people make a comment about "Five Star Posters". Basically, it means one has hung around for a year (or few months if really busy) and engaged a bit.

    Agreed. A better proxy for overall quality contribution would be a points per post ratio. For example, you have 6.8k points over 2,754 posts, or 2.47 points per post. For context, compare that to:

    DeplorableDan = 3.33
    MFeld = 2.14
    Blitzdude = 0.74
    Cougar = 0.44

    Using what I will refer to as the P0cketchange corollary, you forgot a very high quality contributor:

    P0CKETCHANGE = 3.71

    This only gives me a 1.13 rating. I too, propose a rating scale: (Likes+Agrees)/Lols. I get a 4.47.
    Cougar gets a 3.71 astonishingly.

    Don’t penalize the Lols! I’ve worked hard for mine😀.

    No-one can see yours anyway. I think that you are safe. 😂

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Using the @POCKETCHANGE “corollary”, I come out @ 4.33. I can assure all members I’m not that valuable! Not even close….
    I’m calling for another mathematical measurement, with apologies to Eric.

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  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Copperindian said:
    Using the @POCKETCHANGE “corollary”, I come out @ 4.33. I can assure all members I’m not that valuable! Not even close….
    I’m calling for another mathematical measurement, with apologies to Eric.

    No, you're good. It's more a ratio of quality posts to just general posts. If you're posting quality opinions, info, or coins, you get more points and a higher relative score.

    If you're being a knucklehead (as some of us are sometimes) and putting up a lot of gratuitous posts that don't add much, you get a lower score.

    A good score doesn't mean you're numismatist of the year, just a quality member who doesn't fool around that often.

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,989 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...> @CRHer700 said:

    @braddick said:

    @CRHer700 said:

    @pcgs69 said:
    I believe it's unfortunately a byproduct of the internet. Everywhere you go people argue for the sake of arguing. And they say things they would most likely never say to someone's face if the same discussion were to happen. I would love to do a video series of putting the same two people face-to-face for a discussion on the same topic to see what happens when you can't hide behind the computer screen.

    Exactly, people feel safe to hide behind the internet, and don't act the same as they would in person. I fall guilty to this myself at times, but it is best when we all act the same as in person.
    ** (Not the people at Wal-Mart though.**)

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    My auto correct did that. 😂

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lermish: good analysis; thanks for that. But I think I have to step up my fooling around game!

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,108 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wish the know it all's would help me with my football picks. Can't pick a winner lately. :(

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  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭

    Let’s see:

    255 points / 2,532 posts = .1007 :o

    Joe.

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,518 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't get on to the internet until 1999; what did we do before then with coins, etc.? I have never seen such significant numismatic (and other) discussions in person because you get a serious concentration here of knowledge, experience and acumen. Unfortunately some of the very knowledgeable but edgy and overly opinionated pros have been banned here, I have seen forums really lose all that jazz by kicking people off, but that's life.

  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 15, 2024 5:19AM

    @UncleJoe said:
    Let’s see:

    255 points / 2,532 posts = .1007 :o

    Joe.

    Joe, it’s worth mentioning that the like/agree/lol functionality didn’t always exist, so veteran members like yourself (you joined in 2002) may naturally have a lower score, NOT because you aren’t a quality contributor.

    @Copperindian said:
    good analysis; thanks for that. But I think I have to step up my fooling around game!

    Yeah, you gotta beef up that LOL count! Just don’t do it the way Cougar does ;)

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @UncleJoe said:
    Let’s see:

    255 points / 2,532 posts = .1007 :o

    Joe.

    Joe, it’s worth mentioning that the like/agree/lol functionality didn’t always exist, so veteran members like yourself (you joined in 2002) may naturally have a lower score, NOT because you aren’t a quality contributor.

    @Copperindian said:
    good analysis; thanks for that. But I think I have to step up my fooling around game!

    Yeah, you gotta beef up that LOL count! Just don’t do it the way Cougar does ;)

    I would add the same for @CaptHenway ! I'll rephrase my statement specifically for his benefit:

    A bad score doesn't mean you're not necessarily numismatist of the year, especially if your name is Tom.

  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @UncleJoe said:
    Let’s see:

    255 points / 2,532 posts = .1007 :o

    Joe.

    Joe, it’s worth mentioning that the like/agree/lol functionality didn’t always exist, so veteran members like yourself (you joined in 2002) may naturally have a lower score, NOT because you aren’t a quality contributor.

    @Copperindian said:
    good analysis; thanks for that. But I think I have to step up my fooling around game!

    Yeah, you gotta beef up that LOL count! Just don’t do it the way Cougar does ;)

    Yes, it only applies to members who joined 2016 to present.

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 15, 2024 11:57AM

    🎶🎼🎵“Baby, ain't it funny how we never ever learn to fall?
    You're really on your knees, when you think you're standing tall
    But only fools are "know-it-alls" and I played that fool for you.”
    🎵🎶 😉

    I enjoy interacting here and I have learned a lot from the veterans who came before me. I have been doing this for a long time, now, so I try to share as much as I can and give back. I like to help newbies and YNs. I like sharing knowledge and am not about my ego and I always stay humble. There is an old expression: “ Beware of people who brag about themselves..A lion doesn’t have to tell you he’s a lion”.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerfan said:
    There is an old expression: “ Beware of people who brag about themselves..A lion doesn’t have to tell you he’s a lion”.

    I think that applies to all big cats.

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  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    100!!!

    o:)

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