johnboy
Bluelight Crew
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- Oct 27, 1999
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Bluelight is designed to be a place where people can share information not otherwise readily available, but too often it is, rightly, dismissed by many as being a place where rumours and half-truths are passed off as "facts".
This thread is what I'm talking about; too many people offering half-remembered, half made up intepretations.
I'm not asking people not to share. I'm just asking everyone to take the time to check your information if there is any doubt in your mind that you might not have all the facts straight.
Even if you are reasonably sure, if you are taking the energy to write a reply post you should also have the tme and patience to go to erowid, or where ever, and have a scan of the source info yourself. Not only will you confirm that your interpretation is correct, you will find other valuable bits of info that you might otherwise have forgotten about.
I can guarentee you that the majority of the good, reliable posters here, the Big Trancers, , the pingers, the phase_dancers, the Biscuits, will consistently have a look at the source info before replying, and if they don't will at least give a caveat that they aren't sure. This is why they are the reliable ones, and the ones we all trust.
Unfortunately I think many people are too eager to post, to see their name in a reply, when by simply not posting, and waiting for someone who really knows to answer, or preferably to spend the time going off and actually researching the topic, the thread will be less confusing.
This thread is what I'm talking about; too many people offering half-remembered, half made up intepretations.
I'm not asking people not to share. I'm just asking everyone to take the time to check your information if there is any doubt in your mind that you might not have all the facts straight.
Even if you are reasonably sure, if you are taking the energy to write a reply post you should also have the tme and patience to go to erowid, or where ever, and have a scan of the source info yourself. Not only will you confirm that your interpretation is correct, you will find other valuable bits of info that you might otherwise have forgotten about.
I can guarentee you that the majority of the good, reliable posters here, the Big Trancers, , the pingers, the phase_dancers, the Biscuits, will consistently have a look at the source info before replying, and if they don't will at least give a caveat that they aren't sure. This is why they are the reliable ones, and the ones we all trust.
Unfortunately I think many people are too eager to post, to see their name in a reply, when by simply not posting, and waiting for someone who really knows to answer, or preferably to spend the time going off and actually researching the topic, the thread will be less confusing.