Oh? Is that right? So if there is a pattern of a poster (whether newbie or not) putting out random posts to attempt to inspire panic selling or talking their books, we should just tolerate that kind of ongoing nonsense and seeming trolling?
Sure, there are not enough hours in the day to call out all of the book talkers, but some of these folks, such as jojo69 - puts out these nonsubstantive posts that attempt to get folks to panic by suggesting that the price is inevitably going down or suggesting that hodlers should sell after the price had already substantially corrected - which nearly a sure-fired means of causing some folks to panic sell and possibly at the bottom or near the bottom.
You know Jay, I have really tried to avoid getting into conflict with you as I think your heart is in the right place and I feel that we largely agree on the big picture.
Could be, except when you have a series of post that seem to be spinning corrections as if they are inevitable and seem to be attempting to persuade folks to sell, so whether that is book talk or not, it comes off as book talk that is attempting to get folks to act. No?
But I am not going to sit here and passively allow you to smear me as a book talker.
I doubt that I am talking about you, because I don't know you from Adam.
Seems to me that I am talking about your series of posts, rather than you as a person. I think that there is a difference, even though nuanced.
Bitcoin is one of the most volatile markets there is.
Sure it is volatile, but relative to what? Relative to traditional markets it is volatile, and relative to other cryptos, maybe not as much.
It has rewarded me greatly, and burned me painfully.
Sure sometimes we make mistakes - but we gotta address our own conduct rather than saying bitcoin caused it.
Sometimes we do not know the direction of the market, so we just have to prepare for some level of unexpected, no?
Pointing out the, very real, possibility of a serious retractment is not an attempt on my part to inspire panic, indeed quite the opposite. Were we to plunge into the 2xxx range an hour hence I would be untroubled, serene in my hodling.
It could be that I have been misled by some of your word choices. Sure, there are always possibilities of retracement and possibilities that whales take advantage of momentum and sometimes even there can be considerable disagreements regarding how much of a retracement is possible, even though in the end, each of us is speculating regarding the degree of such and the likelihood.
So, yeah, if you are a fearful hodler then it is possible that i am misreading you.
As you may or may not recall from some of my previous posts, I tend to be overall bullish about bitcoin, yet I certainly am not bothered by inevitable dips because I am constantly buying on the way down.. so they are not a bad thing for me, and I am also frequently attempt to be neutral in terms of how I structure my buys and sells in such a way that I have feelings of profit no matter the price direction. But even if that is the case, when posters seem to imply inevitable down or even seeming some kind of signal that HODLrs should be selling (instead of buying) after there has already been a significant correction, then sometimes I am bothered by that seemingly advice that goes the opposite of prudent BTC portfolio management.... for the most part.. .of course, from time to time, there can be exceptions too.
This is what I attempt to teach. Bitcoins journey is turbulent indeed. I have learned from bitter experience to take its violent storms with equanimity.
You are trying to teach through your posts? Then maybe that could be part of the problem that I perceive (and react to) in some of your word choices in some of your more recent posts?
Your repetitive walls of text and name calling I can tolerate, impugn my motives and find yourself on my ignore list.
Sounds like you are taking some of the substance of my responses too personal. In my recent posts involving you, I am referring to the conduct within the posts and my reading of the various posts from you that seemed to be thematic in a certain direction, and basedon on some of your response here, possibly could have been some misreading from me, too, possibly. I doubt that I am specifically referring to your character or intending to refer to your character, unless your conduct is your character and you continue to dig in regarding these kinds of matters and continue on a pattern, then I might begin to refer to character rather than conduct. At this time, I cannot really determine regarding your intentions, beyond that you seem like you want to battle a bit about somethings that seem to me as non-issue attempt to talk about character rather than substance. Accordingly, if you believe that ignoring my posts is your best path forward, then that is your choice.