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Today at 10:12:54 AM
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Some users just genuinely wants to help without knowing they are sharing a wrong information to other users in the forum. Probably the user may have got the information from a wrong source. If such user is identified for the first time it will not be wrong to call their attention about how dangerous such wrong information can spread. Where they do not change by learning to verify before sharing again in other times, then the tag could be very okay by conscience, cause it shows it is in their character to be doing that
People think differently, and some might actually want to help, but there are also better ways of showing good intention and passing down the message based on how you know it without adding that being very sure. I have read statements from members where they start with "based on the level of my knowledge, I might be wrong," etc. That way you are telling the reader to make more findings, or you are sharing your idea based on what you think is the answer, and other members can gladly correct you if you are wrong, and the person can learn from it.

That's why you should not post any unverified information there, since it can confuse people especially if the details you presented is unverified or a complete hoax.

Much better come on that thread or board once you are sure with your answer.

The real problem is there are several people go on that section, thinking they can earn merits by engaging with smart or knowledgeable people there.

Their are few people rely on Ai for thinking that it can help them to create a good post, the issue is Ai is questionable and sometimes feeds wrong information. There are several individual caught up as Ai spammer so better not to do those things.  If they want to post on that section, better for them to improve their technical skills.

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Today at 12:48:46 PM
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This feels like its okay to post unverified information on any other board.
Sometimes there are things we think and believe it's true until it's proven otherwise.

My initial thoughts too when I saw the topic but I believe that shouldn't be the intention here, no board is more important than than others here (excluding off topics) and as such no wrong information should be posted on any  board. It's good to indicate that it's your opinion when discussing topic so others don't assume that it's a generally accepted opinion. The forum is here for discussion so any discussions that wasn't created with an intention to misled other members are welcomed for discussing. From one discussion, another can come out and people learn/correct the wrong perspective they had before. All boards should be tested with equal respects as the quality shouldn't reduced in specific board's just because we feel they're reserved for low quality/misleading discussions.

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Today at 03:52:05 PM
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My initial thoughts too when I saw the topic but I believe that shouldn't be the intention here, no board is more important than than others here (excluding off topics) and as such no wrong information should be posted on any  board. It's good to indicate that it's your opinion when discussing topic so others don't assume that it's a generally accepted opinion. The forum is here for discussion so any discussions that wasn't created with an intention to misled other members are welcomed for discussing. From one discussion, another can come out and people learn/correct the wrong perspective they had before. All boards should be tested with equal respects as the quality shouldn't reduced in specific board's just because we feel they're reserved for low quality/misleading discussions.
This forum have a very good reputation, and every section of the forum matters a lot because visitors can come for some important information, no one knows when they will come, and the good information they get from this forum is the high rating the forum get, that is why the moderators are always at work to clean the forum.

Fake or unverified information is not needed in this forum, we don’t want people to mislead the audience, we always post genuine information that is good and trustworthy because the forum has its standards that must be met always, to avoid misleading others especially as it involved Bitcoin discussion.

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