i'm not sure about someone being skeptical regarding moderated threads. there are tons of them (legit coins):

Counterparty  - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=395761.0
NODE  - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=590421.0
NEM - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=654845.0
Monero - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753252.0
Qora - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881230.0

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