Hello everyone-
I read some things today on mearsonline, which I thought were incorrect characterizations of the discussions on this forum.
In a discussion based on the Game Used Forum questions about the grading of a Manny Ramirez jersey, a reader on mearsonline asked who brought up the questions about the jersey.
Dave Miedema, who's work I usually enjoy, replied that the questions came from "Another game-used chat site that specializes in negativity and bomb-throwing...often with the protection of a user ID (although, to be fair, this poster did identify himself, rather than hiding his identity)."
I posted on their board a message (which I posted previously when Dave Bushing made similar claims) that the suggestion that people make can posts anonymously is factually incorrect. People must register for the forum and Game Used Universe with a valid first and last name and email address and that information is available in a searchable database.
I did not even respond to Mr Miedema's "specializing in negativity and bomb-throwing" comment.
It was followed up by a comment by Joel Alpert, agreeing with Mr Miedema's statement. Mr. Alpert says he doesn't read the forum because there is too much negativity. He said "the concept of debate is not accepted there."
That statement is also incorrect. People are allowed to debate. There are rules on how to do it responsibly and intelligently. Too often, legitimate debates turn into name calling. That's when the moderators are forced to remove comments which have no value in the conversation.
Perhaps that creates the impression that debate is not accepted here, but that is not the intention. People should debate. It's a great way to share information and learn from each other.
Anyway, those misconceptions got me going a bit and I just wanted to address them here.
Eric
I read some things today on mearsonline, which I thought were incorrect characterizations of the discussions on this forum.
In a discussion based on the Game Used Forum questions about the grading of a Manny Ramirez jersey, a reader on mearsonline asked who brought up the questions about the jersey.
Dave Miedema, who's work I usually enjoy, replied that the questions came from "Another game-used chat site that specializes in negativity and bomb-throwing...often with the protection of a user ID (although, to be fair, this poster did identify himself, rather than hiding his identity)."
I posted on their board a message (which I posted previously when Dave Bushing made similar claims) that the suggestion that people make can posts anonymously is factually incorrect. People must register for the forum and Game Used Universe with a valid first and last name and email address and that information is available in a searchable database.
I did not even respond to Mr Miedema's "specializing in negativity and bomb-throwing" comment.
It was followed up by a comment by Joel Alpert, agreeing with Mr Miedema's statement. Mr. Alpert says he doesn't read the forum because there is too much negativity. He said "the concept of debate is not accepted there."
That statement is also incorrect. People are allowed to debate. There are rules on how to do it responsibly and intelligently. Too often, legitimate debates turn into name calling. That's when the moderators are forced to remove comments which have no value in the conversation.
Perhaps that creates the impression that debate is not accepted here, but that is not the intention. People should debate. It's a great way to share information and learn from each other.
Anyway, those misconceptions got me going a bit and I just wanted to address them here.
Eric
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