Bad advice can still be gotten from forum.

[Queentoshi]

I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.

To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?

[Wiwo]

One of the greatest asset that this forum has is it membership, the members of this forum are made of individuals with diverse knowledge and background of experiences that always proffer answer and make they own comments on threads as a contribution to the discussion with different views. But above that, the forum is developed in such a way that, giving false information that does not collaborate with the original topic of discussions are figure out as (off topics posts and there are deleted by the moderators). But aside from that, the best way to avoid misleading information is by reading more and comparing various ideas and suggestions before you arrive at a personal conclusion.
So best to do your own research!

[royalfestus]

The forum is open to everyone, so anyone can find advice and comment on it. Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see. Meritorious posts here demonstrate acceptance of viewers, while bullies are not tolerated. While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum, I believe anyone over 18 years of age should be reasonable when it comes to following advice and recognizing good advice.

[hosseinimr93]

Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see.

This is not true.
Even if your post includes wrong information, moderators won't take any action against that. Moderators will delete your post if it has been made against the rules and gets reported. For example, your post can be deleted if it's considered as spam or off topic.
Your post won't be deleted even if it includes obviously bad suggestion. For example, your post won't be deleted if you say "it's safe to hold your coins in an exchange and you should avoid non-custodial wallets."

While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum,

There's no age restriction in the forum.

[Iroh]

Bad advice can be gotten from all over and not just the forum. Though there might be devious individuals that would seek to spread falsehoods intentionally on here.
In my opinion, anyone smart enough to surf the net for information, should also know that there would be a lot of good, bad and outright foolish answers.

However it can never be stated enough on the urgent need to do your own research, and know at the back of your mind that not everyone on the net and on here are innocent angels.

[DdmrDdmr]

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Although Merited posts may be taken as an indicator to something interesting, the content may not necessarily be true, or at least not completely. Reading through the whole thread (normally one can, unless it’s a massive megathread) let’s one potentially contrast different opinions and perspectives (some bound to be rather repetitive), and that often broadens one view on a given subject.

Good or bad advice or information is often subjective, and even time sensitive. Over time, there are some posters that one may give more credit to, but even so, contrasting other viewpoints, or even with external sources, seems like a reasonable thing to do, especially if one is willing to follow some advice he’s been reading around.

[Mr.right85]

Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see.

This is not true.
Even if your post includes wrong information, moderators won't take any action against that.

Yeah, it's untrue that moderators do moderate on bad advice. The would be some way to directly hinder free speech and bad advice could be definitive as, its based on individual interpretation to be good or bad.

I have seen a couple of advice that I could categories as been bad, especially from the anticryptos/antibitcoins that sometimes finds there way here. They make you wonder why they are here but in truth, they in turn serve there purpose.

This is why it's always important to DYOR and when you happen to give an advice, add a disclaimer as its never ultimate on what a user says.

[nakamura12]

I do believe that this is true that some bad advice is coming from the forum. This is because the one who give that advice was also given that advice and then share it to other that this person advice that he got from someone was bad but didn't know that it was and there are other who experience it themselves and it made them think that it's a good choice to make and yet isn't safe as what that person expected when educated about it. You can even see some example where a newbie ask what wallet to use and a forum user responded with a one or list of wallets that is not secured.

[Dunamisx]

I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared

That's why it's called bitcointalk but that doesn't mean everyone should talk off point that is not applicable to bitcoin or a designated board for such discussion, everyone has a way of expressing their interest, displeasure and view they have towards a particular thing, but we must be careful not to got misled by them in their own cunny ways.

It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application

Yes, it will do much good to always authenticate any information received before taking further actions because everyone wants their vice to be heard including those saying talking off points

[Viscore]

The forum is open to everyone, so anyone can find advice and comment on it. Those who moderate here are very active and experienced, taking down any irrelevant or bad advice they see. Meritorious posts here demonstrate acceptance of viewers, while bullies are not tolerated. While I am unaware of the age limit in the forum, I believe anyone over 18 years of age should be reasonable when it comes to following advice and recognizing good advice.

The good thing about this forum is that it’s free to everyone’s opinions and ideas, and you will not be criticized for that because I believed mostly are not only gain from simple observations but definitely from their own experience in crypto market. However, it’s up for you how you will rate them but as what is expected, those who are made by reputable and high positions in this forum will always be highly favorable by the majority as they have longer experiences here compared to late comers in the market.

[coolcoinz]

I do believe that this is true that some bad advice is coming from the forum. This is because the one who give that advice was also given that advice and then share it to other that this person advice that he got from someone was bad but didn't know that it was and there are other who experience it themselves and it made them think that it's a good choice to make and yet isn't safe as what that person expected when educated about it. You can even see some example where a newbie ask what wallet to use and a forum user responded with a one or list of wallets that is not secured.

Of course because we are only human and we do make mistakes, so you will find bad advice here, even scam attempts.

The advantage of asking your questions here is that we cannot all be wrong and you rarely get one or two answers in a thread. Usually it's 20 or more and it's your role to read them and decide who is right. Ultimately, a forum is only a bunch of opinions, the decision is yours.

[uchegod-21]

There is a very little chance that you will have a bad advice from this forum or misinformation from this forum. It can only happen when you open a thread, entertain a few reply and lock the thread. Otherwise, if wrong opinion or advice is given, there must be a other person who will correct it as the discussion proceeds. Any thread that is discussed to the 5th page and you read through the whole pages, you must find solutions to your problems in the thread.

[Taskford]

Advices coming from here are just guide for you to know what next thing you can avoid and what are those you want to adopt, since if you follow what all people said then maybe some of those will not fit to you nor will not work for some reasons. Also everyone has different opinion towards everything they see or experience so let the events what you go thru a learning experience so that you can develop your own strategy on your investments on crypto.

[Finestream]

I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.

To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?

Always remember that this forum also welcome newbies and that they are also free to share whatever ideas they have in their mind. So just try to anticipate that some of their ideas are not tested proven by time, the reason why most of their ideas fail. And if you’re not cautious enough, you will end up believing on them without even doing DYOR first, and then you end up failing too. That is why always learn to weigh things right so you won’t be misguided. And for you to do it, make sure to do your part first to be more knowledgeable and skilled in the crypto market. That way, you will never go for wrong decisions in life since you will always favor those positive advices coming out from pros in the market.

[PX-Z]

One of the greatest asset that this forum has is it membership, the members of this forum are made of individuals with diverse knowledge and background of experiences that always proffer answer and make they own comments on threads as a contribution to the discussion with different views.....
But aside from that, the best way to avoid misleading information is by reading more and comparing various ideas and suggestions before you arrive at a personal conclusion.
So best to do your own research!

Plus all the experiences of others shared through using a services, websites and etc. that helps other members to gather data for them to learn and think what's the best choice should be taken next.
Plus, all the reported scam sites and scam accusations that helps to avoid of the worst case scenario.

[Rengga Jati]

To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?

This forum consists of thousands of members coming from different countries, different culture, education, knowledge, and also personailty.
This will commonly also influence on how people are giving their opinion and also information in this forum.
However, if this is about certain information, sharing, and also knowledge based on certain trusted sources, we can use it as one of the consideration for our own leanring process. Moreover if this is about sharing experience in which can also be one of our teahcers here.
But,t ehre are also some other opinion coming from individuals that will also lead to different opinions and advice, including some people who may post about certain information but based on their own thought, not based on the sources.

Thatis why we are here not only ready and taking the information, but also we must be able to filter the information that we can take or not.
We can actually find so much information to be sources for us, they are so various.
But, we cannot also deny that there may be scammers among us that may convince us to do what they want, and then they can scam us easily. Once again, this needs certain filter from ourselves to avid negative sides of the information that we gain here.

[coin-investor]

I haven't gotten any bad advice yet, but I think it is logical to still entertain the possibility that since the forum is a meeting place for people from different lifestyles to discuss, bad advice or problematic opinions can still be shared. It is important and advisable to also extra vet the information and advice you get on this forum before application.

To assist in your information or advice gathering process, whenever you start a topic of interest to you, or a topic is started that interests you, do well to follow through the topic by reading as much replies to it as you can, so you can compare people's opinions/advice for you. Where you say that a particularly opinion or advice is been given by many forum members in different ways, you can tell that that is a good advice. That is one method I use, which other methods can forum members use to determine the best opinion for a topic of concern?

It's always recommended to check other member's replies because from there you can also get an idea about the issue, we are all learning from other people's ideas and opinions, but if you already have one opinion and it's coming from your experience or from what you've read as the fact, then you can just scroll down read a few comments and post your comment, you don't have to read hundreds of comments to get a general opinion.

We'll always have different opinions on every issue, this is an open forum there will be conflicts of my opinion on some issues.

[Oceat]

We can't certainly tell what's wrong or right if someone wants an advice since every one of us has their own perspective. If you read a thread something, try to read the replies too or which replies would suit you it's totally subjective but you can nitpick what's the best advice you want whether you had an experience of it or not.

This is why mostly would say, "it depends" since the advice may be working for you but for the others it's not.

[AmoreJaz]

We can't certainly tell what's wrong or right if someone wants an advice since every one of us has their own perspective. If you read a thread something, try to read the replies too or which replies would suit you it's totally subjective but you can nitpick what's the best advice you want whether you had an experience of it or not.

This is why mostly would say, "it depends" since the advice may be working for you but for the others it's not.

it depends as each individual has their own situations and most of the time, they are not providing the whole picture as maybe, some are reserving it for themselves. this is why some pieces of advice or opinion are not appropriate to his actual situation. in any case, the person can filter out those opinions and act which one suits best regarding his situation. only him can tell which one is the best path to take. but certainly, he should not blame anyone for his final decision because it is only him who opted for the finality of his decision.

[sunsilk]

Always verify the advice that has been given to you. It's good that many are telling almost or exactly the same thing because that really tells that it's what they do and what you can also replicate of what you're trying to achieve.

But, it's a case to case basis. It doesn't mean that if it works for the majority, then it could also work for you. At some circumstances, it might not work for you.

So, verify and search it yourself to see what you think is the best or going to work for you from those given advices or answers to you.