Guys, be wary of fake patients

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hi guys,
I noticed a lot of new members on the forum, claiming to be patients and saying stuff about their doctors.
All that MIGHT be true.
I don't know if it is or not.
But I just wanted people remind themselves that this is an open forum and anyone can say anything. It is easily possible for a doctor to be posting such things himself.

IMHO, those who post with some plausible evidence like videos, X-Ray pics, etc. might be believable.

I don't know how such things are prevented in most forums, but I sure hope the admin is doing the needful to prevent this to the greatest extent possible.

Thank you

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I don't know of any fake patients on this forum. I do know on the old forum there's at least one fake diary that the admin refuses to delete. 

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well I guess I'm too paranoid then.

But I think it makes more sense to believe someone who posts with some evidence instead of someone who just writes text.

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Yeah I don't think I have seen a fake patient diary except Crazy+6/Phantom.

But it seems like SysOp and/or Crazy+6 have been on LL Forum.

I think there are more daily users of this forum now and old forum  is getting lonely.

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old forum  most online today: 224
LL Forum: 70

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Everything on this forum "might" be true, unfortunately.  Such is the nature of internet forums.

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I leave 2 gifts to fuel your paranoia.

I'm actually SysOP/Apotheo.

And.



 

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Quote from: Blackhawk on May 20, 2014, 04:54:42 AMYeah I don't think I have seen a fake patient diary except Crazy+6/Phantom.

But it seems like SysOp and/or Crazy+6 have been on LL Forum.

I think there are more daily users of this forum now and old forum  is getting lonely.

The number of active members on at any given time is usually on par with old forum  and I think LL Forum's members are a lot more active than old forum 's recently. old forum  still has a much larger amount of guests on it though.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on May 20, 2014, 05:33:33 AMold forum  most online today: 224
LL Forum: 70

That's a misleading stat.  Alot of that 224 "visitors"  are actually spider crawlers aka web bots, because the old forum has been around longer, which is why you see so many "guests" on there.   
 
In terms of actual log in users, LL Forum is already equal.  This forum is also more active in terms of participation, which is remarkable for a new forum not even one year old.

I would rather be with a group of LLers who genuinely care about each other than knuckleheads with hidden agendas.   

Who cares about quantity when you can't trust that the information there has not been edited and tampered with because of shady deals? 

This LL forum is ever growing and heading in the right direction.  As one of the first member here, it's exciting to see how this forum has evolved from the early days. 

The quality of discussion and honesty of the members here is refreshing and paints a much more accurate picture about the reality of doing LL.    That's what really matters.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on May 20, 2014, 05:33:33 AMold forum  most online today: 224
LL Forum: 70

old forum  apparently has more visitors and readers, but that's likely because there is, at least for now, a whole lot more information built up over there over time with lots of old diaries. Post-wise this forum is growing way more and is already a lot more active, so it seems like old forum  is slowing down. During the last three weeks, over 1300 posts have been submitted here on LL Forum, twice as many as on old forum .