Young Member Needs Help

[Freenow54]

So I want to again champion this new young ambitious member who wants to build a concise , and maybe clear list of corals for store websites. I know I would appreciate seeing something like that. Plus I thought that is what this forum is about. He needs some photos from us. His name is Varun he posted on Wednesday at 7:30 whatever time zone is on this website. I am posting this in hopes more people see it

 

[Fish Fan]

Brother, try reposting this here, see if these guys can help:

Aquarium Photography, Video, and more discussion.

This is the place to share and drool over some of the best aquarium videos and pictures in the hobby. We're also talking about the TV series TANKED!

www.reef2reef.com

Good luck to you guys!

 

[exnisstech]

For me the internet and all the scams has made me a skeptic and I trust no one unless I have had enough interaction with them to develop trust. It sucks because i used to be the opposite and trusted everyone untill given a reason not to. My first thoughts when I read his post was what scam can someone do with this request for quality photos of my corals along with information about them? The first thing that came to mind was theft. A coral presented for sale scam using my photos was the first thing that came to mind.
Then we introduce building some sort of data base for AI based on information obtained from hobbiest which may or may not be accurate/correct. If the information provided is correct that's great. If it is incorrect then we just have more misinformation polluting the data base that more and more people are starting to accept as fact. Eventually they'll have the ability to spoon feed us the information they want us to have and use that to control out thoughts and beliefs because they will be based on the information that we have been fed.
EDIT: Fortunately I'm old enough that I'll be long gone before that time comes.

I'm sorry I'm just not the same trusting person I was before the Internet. I'm not happy to no longer be that person but as the saying goes it is what it is.

Im not accusing Varun of any wrong doing but I wanted to explain why my scepticism prevents me from offering help.

 

[Freenow54]

For me the internet and all the scams has made me a skeptic and I trust no one unless I have had enough interaction with them to develop trust. It sucks because i used to be the opposite and trusted everyone untill given a reason not to. My first thoughts when I read his post was what scam can someone do with this request for quality photos of my corals along with information about them? The first thing that came to mind was theft. A coral presented for sale scam using my photos was the first thing that came to mind.
Then we introduce building some sort of data base for AI based on information obtained from hobbiest which may or may not be accurate/correct. If the information provided is correct that's great. If it is incorrect then we just have more misinformation polluting the data base that more and more people are starting to accept as fact. Eventually they'll have the ability to spoon feed us the information they want us to have and use that to control out thoughts and beliefs because they will be based on the information that we have been fed.
EDIT: Fortunately I'm old enough that I'll be long gone before that time comes.

I'm sorry I'm just not the same trusting person I was before the Internet. I'm not happy to no longer be that person but as the saying goes it is what it is.

Im not accusing Varun of any wrong doing but I wanted to explain why my scepticism prevents me from offering help.

Obviously I am not as bad as you but I am pretty cautious as well. I certainly seem to fall into your age category. My wife cant stand my negative views when the news is on. That is all I am going to say about that ( see where I live ? ) 3 children with families but in this case I like to lean in a positive direction

 

[exnisstech]

I gave up watching the news years ago when my Gal told me she didn't need my commentary. Now I leave the room when she watches it. It's a win for us both.