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you are absolutely right that people here like to think of bitcointalk being the holy grail... well, it`s not...
Lol , this was exactly my feeling for several years ( and I was wrong btw) : this forum was my main and almost only source of cryptorelated info for many years .. since 2013 to 2017 ... then I started to meet crypotprojects ( mainly ICO during 2017 ico frenzy) who weren't advertised here and I was like "how the hell it is possible" lol
This forum still remains my first and main source of infos, the ones I consult more often..but along with many others nowadays.