I've seen him call out scam coins before most people, and he has done his fair share of research to expose them. While he can be a bit reckless in what he says sometimes and will post evidence that hasn't been completely confirmed, he if right more often than he is wrong. Ignore him at your own peril.
I think he is one of the forum's most important contributors.
But then, "important" is a far different word than "popular" and sometimes it is hard to be both.
Personally, I think it is usually a good sign if someone is equally hated and loved.
Also, people should realize that while Spoetnik has called out scams successfully, even his opinion is just an opinion. Do your own research before deciding if you agree with him or not. That said, he is a great "first warning" system.
PS Sorry Spoetnik, for talking about you as if you aren't here. Much love and all that.
You're joking right?
Ask him if dash is a scam and see the BS pile up as he talks out both sides of his mouth to keep his partner in anti-monero spam. He's a closet BCT maximalist who's planted his fat ass in the alt section and is ready to partner with anyone who isn't a threat to BTC and fits into his destroy-all-threats-to-Bitcoin agenda. Every time a coin is a threat to BTC, whether technologically or by market cap, he quickly pivots and goes after them specifically. He'll say it's because they are spamming the forum, but he won't say a word when some shitcoin spams the forum and happens to be part of the wannabe coins attacking the current leaders on the board. Sputz is a politician posing as a troll and his agenda is disruption of any sincere discussion of a coin that can either replace Bitcoin or fill a niche Bitcoin can't--this is why most shitcoins don't matter to his agenda and he spends so much time on a few.
But here's the real test. A liar is devoid of details--ask them how they're going to build a bridge and they'll spew something like, "I've got engineers for that" ask them how their dot com is going to make a profit and they'll spout, "the internet is where all the new money is." Ask sputz what his criticism of monero is and you'll get blather, ask smooth or one of the other monero developers how Monero will work and you'll get a technical answer that will be as detailed as your knowledge base can handle. Now watch sputz's vapid and noisy reply to this post--entertaining noise meant to distract the reader away from his lack of technical insight or merit.