I thought a lot about whether I should write this or not since I don't like confrontations. But I felt it needed to be said especially because I have seen a lot of the same skeptics popping up on every ctb/good bye blog and calling it fake.
First of all, on my laptop at least, the = is right above [ ] and I can type both without using shift or anything. Just fyi.
Now to the main point: all of you skeptics yourself claim that nothing posted here about ppl ctb has any value since it can't be verified and no one will believe it. Having said it yourself, why do you people feel the need to come to every post and attack the op calling BS? What are you fighting for? Obviously according to yourselves, no one is going to believe it. So why don't you refrain from harrassing the OPs and others? Is there a chance than the posts are fake? Yes, there is. I think everyone on here knows that. But is there a chance they are true? Yes there is. Not all attempts are made by people who plan everything meticulously. Now out of the 2 choices, which one is more harmful? Is it more harmful if an OP genuinely is trying to ctb and posts and instead of support receives cynicism and gets called a liar and is harrasesed? Or is it more harmful if we don't call out trolls? I think it's the former.
So please , i request respectfully that you all refrain from calling OPs liars and harassing them on their posts. I think all of us face enough judgement and cynicism in the outside world. The point of this forum is to give SUPPORT and NOT TO JUDGE others for the failed/successful ctbs. If people start calling BS on posts and suspecting other users as liars with agenda or generally harrassing others, I feel its not keeping with the ethos of this forum. I don't think it will create a pleasant environment here. So please, keep your doubts to yourself. if you feel someone is a troll, you can always not follow/see the post. And as you guys said, no one is going to believe anything here, so there is nothing for you save/ defend. Leave the Op and others who are supporting them alone. Calling people out is going to do more harm than good.