The only real way people know you gamble here is if you pay for competitions or you show betslips.
I agree with your point of view and it is what can be used to sieve the real gamblers experiences from the "just writers" gamblers.
Cook up stories are done with ease in gambling threads and when you are careful to read them you will just know what is real and what does not sound authentic and not drawn from experience.
Gambling is not a dishonourable entertainment field that engagers should be secretive about it even in an online community of gambling, real practical experiences shared with slips can help reshape others strategy and risk management.
That is true and we should learn to know those who are that easily to cooked up stories about gambling, while there are people who have a real life experience and when they are talking you would be able to know that it is from an experience gambler.
Although, there are stories that I do read the meaning irrespective of how poorly it would be or made up there are things to learn from it because it's often knows that for a gambler to learn quickly they should always be putting their heads down to studying and researching.