Am I A (Grading) Thread Killer Here?

I rest my case ... gonna take a sabbatical

I think it is more a numbers game, rather than anyone being annoyed or offended by a post you give. Take a look at the first page of this grading forum topic page. Only 5 or 6 of all the threads there reach 10 or more posts. Folks post a coin to grade and yet only a few people respond with a grade. Some of the lack of response might be lack of expertise (there are some coin types I'm good at grading and some I stink), some of it might be time (I don't have time to look at each coin and offer a grade), some of it might be sheer lack of interest.

I personally would like to see a lot more opinions on grading of coins in this entire forum than there is for each coin. It would be nice to see the range of people's opinions and more than just saying AU50- why do you think a coin deserves your AU50 grade and not XF40 or AU58/MS60?

Hmmmmmm........a quick scroll down the page shows Prethen with 5 final replies, I am about to reach 6!
Prethen, I think your knowledge in the 2 and 3 cent world is such that your comments are usually spot on and leave not much to add. Nothing wrong with that, it makes this community much stronger and I have learned a ton about an area I had very little knowledge in.
Now if I can only figure out why I've been killing them......

I guess my "concern" is that I'm curious as to what thoughts the OP has as to what I've said, especially when I've done more than just spell out a grade. Sometimes, I've been off my rocker and plain wrong. I'll admit it. Sometimes, I'll say something that really eggs on a response but none occurs.

Thanks guys for your vote of support. This is a great board and I love to participate.

My 2 cents worth,

I try to view all the coins for grading. The ones I'm not too familiar with ( the overwhelming majority), I try to gather as much as I can from other peoples posts as to WHY they graded that particular coin that way. Sometimes I'll hazard a guess based pretty much soley on eye apeal. Sometimes I guess just because I LIKE that particular coin. ( ie CC anything!) Mainly, I look at the coins, and try to learn as much as I can, and post a few for grading every now and then. I'd post more, but my photography skills suck! But thanks to SuperDave and all you other great forum members, I'm learning tons faster than ever, both about coins, and photography. Don't ever stop posting! And I'll keep lookin and learnin!

Thinking of changing your id to "Grim Reaper" or something?
I have no problem discussing your views on a particular coin but in case you did not know I only really fixate on one particular type coin and if the truth be know varieties of one particular date. When offerings of this series happen to appear on the grading section I am more than happy to add my comments even if they disagree with yours. Trouble is its usually me putting up the pics soliciting comments. I try to look at the grading section on a regular basis but I just don't feel confident in my knowledge to comment on most coins there.
Even the series I collect I am still very much a novice only having been at it a decade or so.
I welcome your comment on anything I post even if its the final reply to the thread. I'm with BadThad on this. If I take the time to post some pics even if they are not the worlds best then its nice to get at least one reply.

I've always considered your comments helpful, and in no way a conversation breaker.
I also appreciate when people speak out about coins that might be dipped, cleaned, or otherwise modified.
I see far too many doctored coins being retailed, and it's important to sensitize collectors to this issue.
The more collectors are aware, and refuse to buy such coins, the less motivation to clean (and ruin) coins.

I'm one of the people learning here. I often find myself thinking, "That's interesting," and there isn't a thing I can add.

Hope that helps explain it.

The silent seniority.