RE: Here's the thing.27 Jul 2019 09:28
Well said Ophidian. Spot on. With respect to the many genuine posters,some of you can be very easily fooled into accommodating trolls by your own innate decency without questioning people's veracity, and some never learn to question despite the relentless uncovering of unsavoury characters.
I don't think we here have called many, if indeed any more than a very small number, of visitations wrongly. Where are these wronged individuals who have persevered and showed what great guys or girls they are?
To be honest I don't think the halcyon days you imagine are very different from today, barring the fact that LSE is no longer the only place to talk Bushveld. I think people need to take a step back and remember those good times so fondly remembered were when the SP was flying up to 50p. The way down to current levels has been riddled with shorters and chancers and those who revel in being negative. Two very different environments. One underpinned by the collegiate feeling of shared success. The other has been more ruthless and to a degree, more stressful for people and has created the feeling of previous better times.
Won't it be a coincidence when we rise again and those good feelings come back and people are posting more freely, trolls seem to vanish and everyone is welcomed with a high five and a golden handshake. No it will not.
I also concur that most of us have seen enough of the BMN story to know that there is now enough info out there for most to learn about BMN and as Ophidian says, the need to combat misinformation is now greatly diminished.