05-12-2021, 01:31 AM
Remember to click through people's post history when listening to their advice on cr
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I've recently been trawling through old posts, trying to do some research on coins. One thing that I've found valuable that takes just a few seconds is clicking on people's usernames and looking at their recent post history. A potential red flag for me is that they constantly talk about one coin, or all their recent posts are in that coin's subreddit.</p> <p>Another thing I sometimes find is subtle brigading. All of a sudden, five posts in one thread talking about a certain coin, and all five posters are frequent contributors to that coin's subreddit. This is harder to spot on well-established posts that have a lot of comments, but it still happens there.</p> <p>Of course these people may have valuable insights, but it's helpful to contextualize their insights into their post history/potential bias/their own position in one coin.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/aldaha"> /u/aldaha </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n9tyza/remember_to_click_through_peoples_post_history/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n9tyza/remember_to_click_through_peoples_post_history/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I've recently been trawling through old posts, trying to do some research on coins. One thing that I've found valuable that takes just a few seconds is clicking on people's usernames and looking at their recent post history. A potential red flag for me is that they constantly talk about one coin, or all their recent posts are in that coin's subreddit.</p> <p>Another thing I sometimes find is subtle brigading. All of a sudden, five posts in one thread talking about a certain coin, and all five posters are frequent contributors to that coin's subreddit. This is harder to spot on well-established posts that have a lot of comments, but it still happens there.</p> <p>Of course these people may have valuable insights, but it's helpful to contextualize their insights into their post history/potential bias/their own position in one coin.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/aldaha"> /u/aldaha </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n9tyza/remember_to_click_through_peoples_post_history/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n9tyza/remember_to_click_through_peoples_post_history/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R